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olfactory pits (medicine)


olfactory pits -->
nasal pits


The paired depressions formed when the nasal placodes come to lie below the general external contour of the developing face as a result of the rapid growth of the adjacent nasal elevations; the pit's are the primordia of the rostral portions of the nasal chambers.

Synonym: olfactory pits.