prefrontal

[ pree-fruhn-tl ]

/ priˈfrʌn tl /

anterior to, situated in, or pertaining to the anterior part of a frontal structure.

Origin of prefrontal

First recorded in 1850–55; pre- + frontal

The vomers terminate midway between the median nares and the descending process of the prefrontal.

The Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 4 |Various
And there were still more radical procedures, prefrontal lobotomy for instance.

The Sensitive Man |Poul William Anderson
The prefrontal articulates with the anterolateral process of the frontal.

A Revision of Snakes of the Genus Conophis (Family Colubridae, from Middle America) |John Wellman
The brain (Fig. 70) is seen to be very narrow and low in the prefrontal area, the seat of the higher mental faculties.

Men of the Old Stone Age |Henry Fairfield Osborn

In each case when a preocular is lacking, the "preocular" and prefrontal are fused.

Morphological Variation in a Population of the Snake, Tantilla gracilis Baird and Girard |Laurence M. Hardy

prefrontal

/ (priːˈfrʌntəl) /

situated in, involving, or relating to the foremost part of the frontal lobe of the brain

prefrontal

[ prē-frŭn′tl ]

Of, relating to, or situated in the anterior part of the frontal lobe.

Situated anterior to the frontal bone.