Definition of olfaction
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: the sense of smell
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: the act or process of smelling
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One goal for the Penn Vet group is to use dog olfaction data to screen for cancers for which there are no reliable early tests, like ovarian cancer.
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Past researchers have tackled the topic of olfaction navigation by blocking the bird's sense of smell or disrupting their magnetic sense, according to a press release.
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With each project, Yi appears to be intrigued by olfaction’s ability to manipulate how people discern the things in front of them—by, in effect, the subtle invasiveness of smell.
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And a better appreciation of the powers of human olfaction could be important, Dr. McCann said.
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But these masters of olfaction aren’t just good for smelling out baddies—
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Mice stripped of their sense of smell burn fat differently — more intensively — than do mice whose olfaction is normal, the new study found.
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The obvious explanation for this effect—that mice with impaired olfaction were eating less—turned out to be wrong.
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First Known Use of olfaction
circa 1833
Medical Dictionary
medical Definition of olfaction
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: the sense of smell
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: the act or process of smelling
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