perirhinal

English

Etymology

From peri- +‎ rhinal.

Adjective

perirhinal (not comparable)

1. Situated around the nose.
   • 1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial, published 2004, page 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.