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Webster 1913 Edition

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(rīˊnĕn-sĕf′ȧ-lŏn)

Noun.

;

pl.

Rhinencephala

(rīˊnĕn-sĕf′ȧ-lȧ)

[NL., fr. Gr.

ῥίς

ῥινός

, the nose +

ἐγκέφαλοσ

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.

☞ The term is sometimes used for one of the olfactory lobes, the plural being used for the two taken together.

rhinencephalon ‎(plural rhinencephala)

smell-brain — see smell-brain