Definition of Rhinencephalic

1. a. Of or pertaining to the rhinencephalon.

Definition of Rhinencephalic

1. Adjective. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the rhinencephalon. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rhinencephalic

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Rhinencephalic

1. Of or pertaining to the rhinencephalon. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rhinencephalic

rhigosis
rhigotic
rhime
rhimes
rhin-
rhinal
rhinal fissure
rhinal sulcus
rhinalgia
rhinarium
rhinaster
rhinectomies
rhinectomy
rhinedema
rhinencephala
rhinencephalic (current term)
rhinencephalon
rhinenchysis
rhines
rhinestone
rhinestoned
rhinestones
rhinion
rhinism
rhinitides
rhinitis
rhinitis medicamentosa
rhinitis nervosa
rhinitis sicca
rhino

Literary usage of Rhinencephalic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Lectures on the Comparative Anatomy and Physiology of the Vertebrate Animals by Richard Owen (1846)
"The olfactory nerve never forms a ganglion before spreading upon the olfactory capsule : the rhinencephalic crus, when prolonged to the capsule, ..."

2. On the Anatomy of Vertebrates by Richard Owen (1868)
"... with bony septa converging to the rhinencephalic fossae. ... The rhinencephalic chambers are large in ..."

3. On the Anatomy of Vertebrates by Richard Owen (1866)
"The cranial cavity is remarkable for its great posterior expanse and its extreme contraction between the prosencephalic and rhinencephalic divisions. ..."

4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1847)
"The olfactory, rhinencephalic or anterior division of the cranial cavity in most fishes has its lateral bony walls incomplete, and it opens freely, ..."

5. On the Archetype and Homologies of the Vertebrate Skeleton by Richard Owen (1848)
"The olfactory, rhinencephalic or anterior division of the cranial cavity in most ... But in mammals the orbits are always excluded from the rhinencephalic, ..."

6. On the Archetype and Homologies of the Vertebrate Skeleton by Richard Owen (1848)
"The olfactory, rhinencephalic or anterior division of the cranial cavity in most ... But in mammals the orbits are always excluded from the rhinencephalic, ..."

7. On the Anatomy of Vertebrates by Richard Owen (1868)
"... with bony septa converging to the rhinencephalic fossae. ... The rhinencephalic chambers are large in ..."

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