frontal : Idioms & Phrases

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Altar frontal

  • . See Frontal.
Webster 1913

Frontal hammer ∨ helve

  • a forge hammer lifted by a cam, acting upon a "tongue" immediately in front of the hammer head.
Webster 1913

frontal bone

  • noun the large cranial bone forming the front part of the cranium: includes the upper part of the orbits
    forehead; os frontale.
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frontal cortex

  • noun that part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying directly behind the forehead
    frontal cortex.
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frontal eminence

  • noun either prominence of the frontal bone above each orbit
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frontal gyrus

  • noun any of the convolutions of the outer surface of the frontal lobe of the cerebrum
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frontal lobe

  • noun that part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying directly behind the forehead
    frontal cortex.
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frontal lobotomy

  • noun surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brain; often results in marked cognitive and personality changes
    leucotomy; leukotomy; prefrontal leucotomy; prefrontal leukotomy; prefrontal lobotomy; lobotomy.
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frontal sinus

  • noun one of a pair of cavities in the frontal bone
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frontal suture

  • noun the suture between two halves of the frontal bone (usually obliterated by the age of 6)
    sutura frontalis.
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