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Olfaction   Listen
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Olfaction  n.  (Physiol.) The sense by which the impressions made on the olfactory organs by the odorous particles in the atmosphere are perceived.






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"Olfaction" Quotes from Famous Books



... of smell, is the most common disorder of olfaction; it may be caused by cortical lesions, olfactory nerve-changes, congenital absence, or over-stimulation of the nerves, or it may ...
— Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine • George M. Gould

... N. odor, smell, odorament^, scent, effluvium; emanation, exhalation; fume, essence, trail, nidor^, redolence. sense of smell; scent; act of smelling &c v.; olfaction, olfactories^. [pleasant odor] fragrance &c 400. odorant. [animal with acute sense of smell] bloodhound, hound. [smell detected by a hound] spoor. V. have an odor &c n.; smell, smell of, smell strong of; exhale; give out a smell &c n.; reek, reek of; scent. smell, scent; ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget



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