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os·mo·phore | \ ˈäz-mə-ˌfȯ(ə)r 
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\Medical Definition of osmophore
: a group (as an aldehyde group) to whose presence in a molecule the odor of a compound is attributed
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osmophoric \ ˌäz-mə-ˈfȯr-ik \ adjective
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