Perirhinal

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Situated around the nose. not-comparable

    "Prompted by this, neuroscientists have gradually narrowed down the search for the most vital of all memory organs to one principal structure, the perirhinal cortex."

Adjective
  1. 1
    near the nose wordnet

Synonyms

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perinasalperinasal

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"Prompted by this, neuroscientists have gradually narrowed down the search for the most vital of all memory organs to one principal structure, the perirhinal cortex."

Etymology

From peri- + rhinal.

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