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Noun: rhinencephalon  ,rI-nen'se-fu,lón
  1. A centre in the cerebral hemispheres that governs the sense of smell in lower animals; in humans it seems to mediate complex emotional behaviour
    - olfactory brain

Derived forms: rhinencephalons

Type of: center [US], centre [Brit, Cdn], nerve center [US], nerve centre [Brit, Cdn]

Encyclopedia: Rhinencephalon

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