Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Situated about the nose or nasal fossæ: as, perirhinal bones or cartilages (those entering into the formation of the olfactory capsule).
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- adjective Situated around the
nose .
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- adjective near the nose
Etymologies
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From peri- + rhinal.
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