HyperDic: piriform_area

English > 1 sense of the expression piriform area:
NOUNbodypiriform area, pyriform area, pyriform lobe, piriform lobepear-shaped neural structure on either side of the brain in the rhinencephalon
English > piriform area: 1 sense > noun 1, body
Meaningpear-shaped neural structure on either side of the brain in the rhinencephalon.
Synonymspyriform area, pyriform lobe, piriform lobe
Part ofrhinencephalon, olfactory brainA center in the cerebral hemispheres that governs the sense of smell in lower animals
Broaderneural structureA structure that is part of the nervous system

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