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frontotemporal

frontotemporal

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Relating to the front and side parts of the brain
  • adjective
  • /ˌfrʌntoʊˈtɛmpərəl/
  • Specialized
: frontotemporal
  • For many years, frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer's were confused, but frontotemporal dementia is a separate disease.
  • frontotemporal dementia
  • diagnosed with frontotemporal
  • frontotemporal disease

Examples

  • Patients diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia often struggle with changes in personality and behavior.

  • This book includes vital information on frontotemporal dementia (FTD).

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  • Elderly patients who suffer from frontotemporal dementias are an interesting population in this context.

    Blog text (20)
  • For many years, frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer's were confused, but frontotemporal dementia is a separate disease.

  • The changes in the brain caused by Alzheimer's disease are different from those of vascular dementia, Lewy body disease, or frontotemporal dementia.

    Academic text (2010)
  • The tumor was resected under frozen section control, and a frontotemporal craniectomy of the underlying bone with an adequate margin was performed.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Bilateral frontotemporal transcranial exploration and successful multilayered dura and bone repair were performed.

    Academic text (2004)
  • For the past few years, my own life's nonsense has consisted of living with my husband, or rather with his illness, a difficult-to-diagnose neurodegenerative disease that looks to some doctors like early Alzheimer's (George is sixty-four) and to others like frontotemporal dementia.

    Academic text (2008)
  • In 2003, Bruce Miller, a professor of neurology at the University of California, San Francisco, discovered that some patients suffering from a degenerative brain disorder called frontotemporal dementia (FTD) developed sudden and remarkable artistic talents as their conditions progressed.

    Blog text (16)
  • Research indicates that frontotemporal dementia primarily impacts the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain.

Surface Forms

frontotemporal positive

Morphology

frontotemporal = frontal + temporal (transparent) = front + temporal

A technical compound formed from names of two brain regions; the meaning is directly the combination of the frontal and temporal areas.

Etymology

The word frontotemporal combines fronto- ('front' or 'forehead') and temporal ('temple', the side of the head'), so it names the part of the brain at the front and side that includes the frontal and temporal areas.