PYRIFORM AREA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Pear-shaped neural structure on either side of the brain in the rhinencephalon

Synonyms:

piriform area; piriform lobe; pyriform area; pyriform lobe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("pyriform area" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("pyriform area" 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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