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Noun: frontal cortex
  1. That part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying directly behind the forehead
    - frontal lobe

Derived forms: frontal cortices

Type of: lobe

Part of: cerebral cortex, cerebral mantle, cortex, pallium

Encyclopedia: Frontal cortex