OLFACTORY BULB

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

One of two enlargements at the terminus of the olfactory nerve at the base of the brain just above the nasal cavities

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("olfactory bulb" is a kind of...):

neural structure (a structure that is part of the nervous system)

Holonyms ("olfactory bulb" is a part of...):

olfactory brain; rhinencephalon (a center in the cerebral hemispheres that governs the sense of smell in lower animals; in humans it seems to mediate complex emotional behavior)

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