olfaction
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English[edit]

Head anatomy with olfactory nerve.
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
olfaction (plural olfactions)
- The sense of smell; the detection of airborne molecules.
- 2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 105:
- ‘I think the single most extraordinary aspect of olfaction is that we all smell the world differently,’ Beauchamp told me.
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
the sense of smell
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Further reading[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
olfaction f (plural olfactions)
Further reading[edit]
- “olfaction” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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