Concept cluster: Biology > Smell or the sense of smell
adj
Lacking normal colour; colourless
n
(anatomy) A specialized organ used to determine the concentration and direction of a smell.
n
The study of the influence of odors on human behavior and to examine the relationship between feelings and emotions.
n
Synonym of artificial tear
n
Alternative form of chromesthesia [(neurology, psychology) sound-to-color synaesthesia]
n
(dated) An acupressure technique in which the pin is passed beneath the vessel, the wire loop placed over its point, and the ends brought over the artery and made fast.
adv
(Of breathing) by expanding/contracting the lungs by lowering/raising the diaphragm, instead of by expanding the chest
n
electrography applied to the sense of smell
n
Alternative form of emprosthotonus [(medicine) A condition in which the body is bent sharply forward.]
n
The vomeronasal organ, an auxiliary olfactory sense organ found in many animals.
adj
Having a good sense of smell.
n
The condition of having a persistent metopic or frontal suture.
n
(medicine) Any of several related procedures in which the outermost surface of the skin is removed for cosmetic purposes
adj
Of or pertaining to od (alleged natural force).
n
The measurement of odor.
n
The mapping of odorants to specific parts of the brain where they are detected and recognized
n
A unit measuring the strength of an olfactory pollution source as detected by an average adult in typical conditions.
n
The study of smells and how they are perceived.
n
The sense of smell; the detection of airborne molecules.
adj
Of or pertaining to the sense of smell; olfactory
adj
Relating to the senses of smell and taste
n
The chemical study of smell.
n
(biology) All the olfactory compounds used by a particular organism
n
A device used to measure the acuity of a person's sense of smell.
n
The study and measurement of smells.
adj
(biology) Of or pertaining to both olfactory and motor activity, as for example where thinking about an odor triggers sniffing.
n
sexual arousal caused by smells
n
A smelling organ; a nose.
adj
olfactory
v
To form a mental representation of what something smells like.
adj
(relational) Concerning the sense of smell.
n
(anatomy) An organ of smell.
n
The design and use of machines to analyze smells.
n
A unit for measuring intensity of smell.
adj
Of or pertaining to the sensory properties of a particular food or chemical, the taste, colour, odour, and feel.
adj
Alternative form of organoleptic [Of or pertaining to the sensory properties of a particular food or chemical, the taste, colour, odour, and feel.]
adj
(of odours) Perceived via the front of the nose (by sniffing)
adj
Relating to the sense of smell.
n
The scientific study of smells.
n
The scientific study of smells.
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(psychology, psychoanalysis) Sexual arousal through olfactory stimulation.
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The scientific study of smells.
adj
(medicine, colloquial) Palpatory; obtained by palpation.
n
(medicine) Tinnitus which accompanies presbycusis.
n
(dated) An acupressure technique in which the pin passes behind the artery, after its point is made to describe the greater part of a semicircle.
n
A system that choreographed the release of odors during the projection of a film, invented by Hans Laube.
n
Synonym of photokeratitis
n
Visual hallucinations of animals.

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