precentral

precentral
Referring to the cerebral convolution immediately anterior to the central sulcus : p. gyrus.

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pre·cen·tral -'sen-trəl adj situated in front of the central sulcus of the brain <the \precentral motor cortex>

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pre·cen·tral (pre-senґtrəl) anterior to a center, as the precentral gyrus.

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