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noun
Either of the first of twelve paired cranial nerves which arise in the olfactory neurosensory cells of the nasal mucous membrane and carries information of the sense of smell from the nasal cavity to the brain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, neuroanatomy, neurology, neuroscience, sciences
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noun
a collective term for numerous olfactory filaments in the nasal mucosa
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: nervii olfactorii, first cranial nerve
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Broader terms: cranial nerve
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