perirhinal
English
Etymology
From peri- + rhinal.
Adjective
perirhinal (not comparable)
- Situated around the nose.
- 1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial 2004, p. 229:
- 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 2004, p. 229: