smell-brain

smell-brain

English

Alternative forms

• smell brain

Noun

smell-brain (plural not attested)

1. (neuroanatomy) The part of the brain involved with smelling.
   • 1992, Sandra Ackerman, Discovering the Brain:

     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.

Synonyms

• rhinencephalon

Translations

part of brain involved with smelling

Afrikaans: reukbrein Chinese: Cantonese: 嗅腦, 嗅脑 (cau3 nou5) Mandarin: 嗅腦, 嗅脑 (xiùnǎo) Danish: lugthjernen Dutch: reukhersenen pl Estonian: haistmisaju Finnish: hajuaivot French: rhinencéphale (fr) m German: Riechhirn n Gujarati: ઘ્રાણમસ્તિષ્ક (ghrāṇmastiṣk) Hindi: घ्राणमस्तिष्क (ghrāṇmastiṣk) Hungarian: szaglóagy Indonesian: rinensefalon, otak penciuman

Italian: rinencefalo Japanese: 嗅脳 (きゅうのう, kyūnō) Korean: 후뇌 (hunoe) (嗅腦) Lithuanian: uodžiamosios smegenys Marathi: घ्राणमस्तिष्क (ghrāṇmastiṣk) Polish: węchomózgowie n Portuguese: rinencéfalo m Russian: обоня́тельный мозг m (obonjátelʹnyj mozg) Spanish: rinencéfalo m Swedish: lukthjärnan Tamil: முன்மூளையின் நுகர்பகுதி (muṉmūḷaiyiṉ nukarpakuti) Turkish: koku beyin, rinansefalon Venetian: rinencefalo