smell-brain
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Noun
smell-brain (plural not attested)
- (neuroanatomy) The part of the brain involved with smelling.
- 1992, Sandra Ackerman, Discovering the Brain:
- This system is a fairly old part of the brain and one that humans share with many other vertebrates; in reptiles, it is known as the rhinencephalon, or “smell-brain,” because it reacts primarily to signals of odor.
- 1992, Sandra Ackerman, Discovering the Brain:
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part of brain involved with smelling
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