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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
Classified under:
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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