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rhinencephalon


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rhinencephalon  \Rhi`nen*ceph"a*lon\,  n.;  pl  {Rhinencephala}. 
  [NL.,  fr  Gr  ???,  ???,  the  nose  +  ??  the  brain.]  (Anat.) 
  The  division  of  the  brain  in  front  of  the  prosencephalon, 
  consisting  of  the  two  olfactory  lobes  from  which  the 
  olfactory  nerves  arise. 
 
  Note:  The  term  is  sometimes  used  for  one  of  the  olfactory 
  lobes,  the  plural  being  used  for  the  two  taken 
  together. 




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