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PYRIFORM AREA

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

• PYRIFORM AREA (noun)

Sense 1

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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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