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A center in the cerebral hemispheres that governs the sense of smell in lower animals
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rhinencephalon
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WordNet
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n. a center in the cerebral hemispheres that governs the sense of smell in lower animals; in humans it seems to mediate complex emotional behavior [syn: olfactory brain ] [also: rhinencephala (pl)]
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n. (context anatomy English) The part of the brain involved with olfaction.
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In animal anatomy , the rhinencephalon (from the Greek, rhino = "nose", and enkephalon = "brain") or smell-brain is a part of the brain involved with olfaction . In the human brain it is rudimentary.
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Rhinencephalon \Rhi`nen*ceph"a*lon\ (r[imac]`n[e^]n*s[e^]f"[.a]*l[o^]n), n.; pl. Rhinencephala (r[imac]`n[e^]n*s[e^]f"[.a]*l[.a]). [NL., fr. Gr. "ri`s, "rino`s, the nose + 'egke`falos the brain.] (Anat.) The division of the brain in front of the prosencephalon, ...
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The rhinencephalon had developed 150 million years ago, when reptiles ruled the earth.