olfaction
The sense of smell; the detection of airborne molecules.
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. - 2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 105:
Origin
Borrowed from Middle French olfaction /olefaction, from Latin olfactus, perfect passive participle of olfaciō (“to smell (transitive)”) + -tion.