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PYRIFORM AREA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pyriform area mean?
• PYRIFORM AREA (noun)
The noun PYRIFORM AREA has 1 sense:
1. pear-shaped neural structure on either side of the brain in the rhinencephalon
Familiarity information: PYRIFORM AREA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pear-shaped neural structure on either side of the brain in the rhinencephalon
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
piriform area; piriform lobe; pyriform area; pyriform lobe
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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