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SENSE OF SMELL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The faculty that enables us to distinguish scents
Synonyms:
olfaction; olfactory modality; sense of smell; smell
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("sense of smell" is a kind of...):
modality; sense modality; sensory system (a particular sense)
exteroception (sensitivity to stimuli originating outside of the body)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sense of smell"):
nose (the sense of smell (especially in animals))
Context examples:
"The sense of smell has been understudied in birds, particularly songbirds, because they frequently have such impressive plumage and song variation," says Rice.
(Scent brings songbirds to the yard, National Science Foundation)
Abnormal appreciation of the taste of foodstuffs, can be related to decreased sense of smell.
(Dysgeusia, NCI Thesaurus)
A specialized structure that serves as an organ of the sense of smell as well as part of the respiratory system; the term includes both the external nose and the nasal cavity.
(Murine Nose, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
The findings show that our sense of smell is far more discriminating than previously thought.
(Humans Can Identify More Than 1 Trillion Smells, NIH, US)
The olfactory nerve conveys the sense of smell.
(Murine Olfactory Nerve, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
The sense of smell.
(Olfaction, NCI Dictionary)
The phial, to which I next turned my attention, might have been about half full of a blood-red liquor, which was highly pungent to the sense of smell and seemed to me to contain phosphorus and some volatile ether.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
With a poor sense of smell, people were more likely to die of neurodegenerative and cardiovascular diseases, but not of cancer or respiratory conditions.
(Declining Sense of Smell Linked to Risk of Death, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Declining Sense of Smell May Foretell DeathOlder adults with a poor sense of smell may die sooner than their counterparts who have keen olfactory abilities.
(Declining Sense of Smell Linked to Risk of Death, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
The connection between a poor sense of smell and mortality risk didn't appear to differ by sex or race or based on individuals' demographic characteristics, lifestyle, and or chronic health conditions.
(Declining Sense of Smell Linked to Risk of Death, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
