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PYRIFORM LOBE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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:
Hypernyms ("pyriform lobe" is a kind of...):
neural structure (a structure that is part of the nervous system)
Holonyms ("pyriform lobe" 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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