Medical Dictionary

piriform

adj pir·i·form

Medical Definition of PIRIFORM

1
:  having the form of a pear
2
:  of, relating to, or being the part of the cerebral cortex of the piriform lobe that receives primary input from the olfactory bulb <the piriform cortex>

Variants of PIRIFORM

pir·i·form or pyr·i·form \ˈpir-ə-ˌfrm\
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