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Webster 1913 Edition
Rhinencephalon
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Rhiˊnen-ceph′a-lon
(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.