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piriform area (medicine)


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piriform cortex


The olfactory cortex, corresponding to the rostral half of the uncus; receiving its major afferents from the olfactory bulb, it is classified as allocortex.

See: cerebral cortex.

Synonym: olfactory cortex, piriform area.