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Relating to the sense of smell
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olfactory
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Word definitions for olfactory in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. of or relating to olfaction [syn: olfactive ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1650s, from Latin olfactorius , from olfact- , past participle stem of olfacere "to get the smell of, sniff," from olere "emit a smell, give off a smell of" (see odor ) + facere "make" (see factitious ).
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Olfactory \Ol*fac"to*ry\, a. [L. olfactus, p. p. of olfacere to smell; olere to have a smell + facere to make. See Odor , and Fact .] (Physiol.) Of, pertaining to, or connected with, the sense of smell; as, the olfactory nerves; the olfactory cells. Olfactory ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Concerning the sense of smell. n. 1 An olfactory organ. 2 (context chiefly in the plural English) The sense of smell.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Frustrated female appetites are consoled with olfactory stimulation: bananas, strawberries, raspberries in the soap or bath oil. ▪ Like many other mammals, bats are also particularly well endowed with olfactory receivers ...
Usage examples of olfactory.
Rom recalledin vivid olfactory detailthe two hellish days that he and Gann had spent trapped in one during the campaign against Sharron.
The oldest part of the limbic system is the olfactory cortex, which is related to smell, the haunting emotional quality of which is familiar to most humans.
While most olfactory processing is in the limbic system, some occurs in the neocortex.
A principal part of the limbic system, other than the olfactory cortex, is, as we have mentioned, the hippocampal cortex.
In the skull, the supraorbital processes of the frontals are broader in the rorquals than in others, and the olfactory fossa is less elongated.
What warning did the little genius have that her first stop beyond the olfactory heaven that Momma created would lead in a few frantic blinks straight to sheer rot, sheer animal rutting, to spiritual as well as physical debauchery, to the present moment, when she dared not show her shamed face to the world, not even to lifelong friendsespecially to lifelong friends?
Imagine, Tichy, that I could stimulate your olfactory nerve in exactly the same way that a carnation does -- what would you smell?
The various appurtenances and projections of the complex molecules apparently adhere to different molecular receptors in the nasal mucosa, and the detectors for all the functional groups combine to put together a kind of collective olfactory image of the molecule.
The bartender had a big nose, with highly trained and sensitive olfactory capabilities.
For some reason, the humans who make these stereos neglect almost completely the senses of taste, brotch, pressure and griggoalthough the olfactory appeal stimulates an approximation of taste and an alert individual may brotch satisfactorily during an emotional sequence.
Harras and we ate and which, thanks to the marjoram cooked with it, provided us all, Harras and the rest of us, with sensitive olfactories.
Corby moved outward through the body-window and touched each of the gawking tribesfolk deep in the brain, sparking the pineal gland and the olfactory nerve-lobes with kha.
Hope was very much like the smell of ponds on Earth, with a few dissonant olfactory notesand more of another smell, brought from ahead of them on a faint breeze, a sort resinous plangency and dry dustiness: a smell of austerely dry places.
The bone splattered, the ethmoidal sinus ruptured into the olfactory bulb, which meant Les Pruel could no longer smell anything, and the copper-pointed slug did a wing-ding puree of the cerebrum taking the top of his head off like an eggshell surrendering to compressed air.
Sometimes, floral perfumes stopped his progress and held him in a momentary olfactory thralldom while his eyes searched out the source.