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smell-brain en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (no-plural) The part of the brain involved with smelling.
   • 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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Synonyms

rhinencephalon

Translations (28)

de Riechhirn (part of brain involved with smelling) · id rinensefalon (part of brain involved with smelling) · et haistmisaju (part of brain involved with smelling) · yue 嗅腦 /嗅脑 (part of brain involved with smelling) · pl węchomózgowie (part of brain involved with smelling) · sv lukthjärnan (part of brain involved with smelling) · lt uodžiamosios smegenys (part of brain involved with smelling) · hi घ्राणमस्तिष्क (part of brain involved with smelling) · vec rinencefalo (part of brain involved with smelling) · fr rhinencéphale (part of brain involved with smelling) · mr घ्राणमस्तिष्क (part of brain involved with smelling) · gu ઘ્રાણમસ્તિષ્ક (part of brain involved with smelling) · ja 嗅脳 (part of brain involved with smelling) · nl reukhersenen (part of brain involved with smelling) · es rinencéfalo (part of brain involved with smelling) · da lugthjernen (part of brain involved with smelling) · pt rinencéfalo (part of brain involved with smelling) · id otak penciuman (part of brain involved with smelling) · it rinencefalo (part of brain involved with smelling) · tr koku beyin (part of brain involved with smelling) · af reukbrein (part of brain involved with smelling) · ko 후뇌 (part of brain involved with smelling) · fi hajuaivot (part of brain involved with smelling) · ru обоня́тельный мозг (part of brain involved with smelling) · tr rinansefalon (part of brain involved with smelling) · cmn 嗅腦 /嗅脑 (part of brain involved with smelling) · ta முன்மூளையின் நுகர்பகுதி (part of brain involved with smelling) · hu szaglóagy (part of brain involved with smelling)