Definition of "frontotemporal" [frontotemporal]

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

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• "Senator Pete Domenici (R-NM) is set to announce his retirement today for health reasons, citing a form of dementia called frontotemporal lobar degeneration."
• "ELIZABETH COHEN, CNN MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: It's called frontotemporal lobar degeneration and it's a form of dementia."
• "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."