olfaction

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Pronunciation

/oʊlˈfækʃən/

Definition of olfaction

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

The sense of smell; the detection of airborne molecules.

“‘I think the single most extraordinary aspect of olfaction is that we all smell the world differently,’ Beauchamp told me.”

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Borrowed from Middle French olfaction /olefaction, from Latin olfactus, perfect passive participle of olfaciō (“to smell (transitive)”) + -tion.

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