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    PYRIFORM AREA

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Pear-shaped neural structure on either side of the brain in the rhinencephalonplay

    Synonyms:

    piriform area; piriform lobe; pyriform area; pyriform lobe

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting body parts

    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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