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organoleptic definition

organo·lep·tic (ôr′gə nō lep′tik; ôr gan′ō-)

adjective

  1. affecting or involving an organ, esp. a sense organ
  2. responsive to sensory stimuli

Etymology: Fr organoleptique < Gr organon, organ + lēptikos, disposed to accept < lēptos, verbal of lambainein, to seize: see lemma

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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