olfaction
noun
ol·fac·tion
äl-ˈfak-shən 
ōl-
ōl-
1
: the sense of smell
2
: the act or process of smelling
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Prior studies have also looked at the relationship between olfaction and breathing––but many of these have only been conducted in animals or in people who lost their smell because of viral infections or other more common causes of anosmia.
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Hannah Docter-Loeb, Scientific American, 22 Oct. 2024
Smell is strongly tied to emotion and memory, Valentina Parma, PhD, a psychologist who studies human olfaction (the sense of smell) and the assistant director of the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia, tells SELF.
—Lauren Mazzo, SELF, 8 Oct. 2024
Fly olfaction can also inform the next generation of tracking devices designed to find the source of an indoor chemical leak.
—Lizette Ortega, Washington Post, 28 July 2024
Still, Barran was personally acquainted with the oddities of olfaction.
—Scott Sayare Robert Petkoff Anna Diamond Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 14 June 2024
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Hannah Docter-Loeb, Scientific American, 22 Oct. 2024
Smell is strongly tied to emotion and memory, Valentina Parma, PhD, a psychologist who studies human olfaction (the sense of smell) and the assistant director of the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia, tells SELF.
—Lauren Mazzo, SELF, 8 Oct. 2024
Fly olfaction can also inform the next generation of tracking devices designed to find the source of an indoor chemical leak.
—Lizette Ortega, Washington Post, 28 July 2024
Still, Barran was personally acquainted with the oddities of olfaction.
—Scott Sayare Robert Petkoff Anna Diamond Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 14 June 2024
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“Olfaction.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/olfaction. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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olfaction
noun
ol·fac·tion
äl-ˈfak-shən
ōl-
: the sense of smell
also
: the act or process of smelling
Medical Definition
olfaction
noun
ol·fac·tion
äl-ˈfak-shən
ōl-
ōl-
1
: the sense of smell
2
: the act or process of smelling
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