entorhinal

entorhinal
en·to·rhi·nal .en-tə-'rī-nəl adj of, relating to, or being the part of the cerebral cortex in the medial temporal lobe that serves as the main cortical input to the hippocampus

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en·to·rhi·nal (en″to-riґnəl) interior to the rhinal sulcus.

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