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(嗅腦) (hunoe)
• Lithuanian: uodžiamosios smegenys
• Marathi: घ्राणमस्तिष्क (ghrāṇmastiṣka)
• 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