fronto-

1. a combining form used in compound words referring to the frontal bone or lobe ( frontoparietal ) or, in meteorological terms, to a frontal zone ( frontogenesis ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of fronto-¹

Latin front- (stem of frōns ) forehead, front + -o-

Example Sentences

Sir Nicholas Wall's family said the 71-year-old had suffered for several years from a rare neurological disease called fronto temporal lobe dementia.

From BBC

Jean Fourcroy, 86, a urologist and medical officer with the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research from 1989 to 2001, died Oct. 12 at a care facility in Sykesville, Md. The cause was fronto­temporal dementia, said her husband, Armin Behr.

From Washington Post

Jean Fourcroy, 86, a urologist and medical officer with the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research from 1989 to 2001, died Oct. 12 at a care facility in Sykesville, Md. The cause was fronto­temporal dementia, said her husband, Armin Behr.

From Washington Post

Jean Fourcroy, 86, a urologist and medical officer with the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research from 1989 to 2001, died Oct. 12 at a care facility in Sykesville, Md. The cause was fronto­temporal dementia, said her husband, Armin Behr.

From Washington Post

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From Time