e-nose

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See also: enose

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

e- +‎ nose

Noun[edit]

e-nose (plural e-noses)

  1. An electronic device able to detect specific combinations of chemicals in gaseous form.
    • 2005, E-nose to 'sniff out' superbugs, BBC Online, 22 September.
      The e-nose created by surgeon David Morgan and engineer Ritaban Dutta and colleagues can sit on a doctor's desk and analyse gasses given off by swabs from patients for signs of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and other strains of Staph aureus.

References[edit]

electronic nose on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams[edit]

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