frontotemporal love

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Relating to both frontal and temporal bones, or to the corresponding regions of the skull.

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  • adjective anatomy Of or pertaining to the frontal and temporal bones or lobes

Etymologies

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fronto- +‎ temporal

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Examples

  • Senator Pete Domenici (R-NM) is set to announce his retirement today for health reasons, citing a form of dementia called frontotemporal lobar degeneration.

    Domenici To Cite Brain Disorder As Cause Of Retirement 2009

  • ELIZABETH COHEN, CNN MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: It's called frontotemporal lobar degeneration and it's a form of dementia.

    CNN Transcript Oct 4, 2007 2007

  • The other Bay Area winner, William Seeley, 39, is a neurologist and researcher with UCSF who studies a mysterious disease called frontotemporal dementia that is second only to Alzheimer's for causing early senility.

    SFGate: Don Asmussen: Bad Reporter Chronicle nasimov@sfchronicle.com (Nanette Asimov 2011

  • The other two genes studied have been linked to another form of inherited dementia, called frontotemporal dementia.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2012

  • The other Bay Area winner, William Seeley, 39, is a neurologist and researcher with UCSF who studies a mysterious disease called frontotemporal dementia that is second only to Alzheimer's for causing early senility.

    SFGate: Don Asmussen: Bad Reporter Chronicle nasimov@sfchronicle.com (Nanette Asimov 2011

  • Solboe's family has been hit hard by a genetic brain disorder called frontotemporal dementia, in which the parts of the brain that largely govern personality, behavior and language shrink.

    Columnist: Stephen Miller 2010

  • Solboe's family has been hit hard by a genetic brain disorder called frontotemporal dementia, in which the parts of the brain that largely govern personality, behavior and language shrink.

    Columnist: Stephen Miller 2010

  • Solboe's family has been hit hard by a genetic brain disorder called frontotemporal dementia, in which the parts of the brain that largely govern personality, behavior and language shrink.

    Columnist: Stephen Miller 2010

  • Solboe's family has been hit hard by a genetic brain disorder called frontotemporal dementia, in which the parts of the brain that largely govern personality, behavior and language shrink.

    Columnist: Stephen Miller 2010

  • Solboe's family has been hit hard by a genetic brain disorder called frontotemporal dementia, in which the parts of the brain that largely govern personality, behavior and language shrink.

    Columnist: Stephen Miller 2010

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