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olfactory tubercle

a small oval elevation near the base of the olfactory tract that contains auxiliary olfactory nerve fibers and cells. The olfactory tubercle is particularly prominent in nonhuman animals that depend on a sense of smell to survive.

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Sydenham’s chorea

see chorea. [Thomas Sydenham (1624–1689), English physician]