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olfactory Definition

ol·fac·tory (äl faktə rē, ōl-)

adjective

of the sense of smell

Etymology: < L olfactus, pp. of olfacere, to smell < olere, to have a smell (akin to odor, odor) + facere, to make: see do

noun pl. -·ries

an organ of smell

olfactory Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • epithelium: The picture on the cover shows a scanning electron micrograph of sensory neurons from the olfactory epithelium of an adult mouse.
  • neuroblastoma: Objective: To consider the long-term survival and outcomes in patients with olfactory neuroblastoma undergoing craniofacial resection.
  • bulb: The white region at the left of the cerebral hemisphere is the olfactory bulb, which processes odor information.
  • neuron: The animal was created using DNA from a mature olfactory neuron - a nerve cell involved in processing smell.
  • receptor: Scientists think that humans have about 40 million olfactory receptors, versus 2 billion for your dog!
  • cue: Transfer of olfactory cues during cage cleaning procedures has been repeatedly proposed as a means of reducing these peaks in aggression.

Noun used with modifier

  • rat: Correlations between unit firing and EEG in the rat olfactory system.

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