Meanings
adjectiveperirhinal (not comparable)
- not comparableSituated around the nose.
Prompted by this, neuroscientists have gradually narrowed down the search for the most vital of all memory organs to one principal structure, the perirhinal cortex.
1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial, published 2004, page 229
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivenear the nose
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perirhinal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perirhinal
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“perirhinal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perirhinal. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “perirhinal,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perirhinal.
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