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Olfactory property

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aromanounA smell; especially a pleasant spicy or fragrant one.
odornounAny smell, whether fragrant or offensive.
odournounBritish standard spelling of odor.
scentnounA distinctive smell.
smellnounA sensation, pleasant or unpleasant, detected by inhaling air (or, the case of water-breathing animals, water) carrying airborne molecules of a substance.
olfactory perceptionnounthe sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
olfactory sensationnounthe sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
olfactionnounThe sense of smell; the detection of airborne molecules.
olfactiveOf or pertaining to the sense of smell; olfactory
olfactory nervenoun(neuroanatomy) Either of the first of twelve paired cranial nerves which arise in the olfactory neurosensory cells of the nasal mucous membrane and carries information of the sense of smell from the nasal cavity to the brain.
odorantnounAny substance that has a distinctive smell, especially one added to something (such as household gas) for safety purposes
olfactometernounA device used to measure the acuity of a person's sense of smell.
olfactory bulbThe olfactory bulb (Latin: bulbus olfactorius) is a neural structure of the vertebrate forebrain involved in olfaction, the sense of smell.
odoursnounBritish standard spelling of odor.
aromaticitynoun(organic chemistry) The property of being aromatic, i.e. having at least one conjugated ring.
fragrancenounA pleasant smell or odour.
taste perceptionnounthe sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus
chemoreceptionnounthe physiological sensory response of a sense organ to a chemical stimulus
sensorialOf or pertaining to sensation or the senses; sensory.
pheromonesnounthe first studio album released by the Norwegian rock band Animal Alpha.

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