olfactory
Example Sentences
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Village dogs showed enriched wolf ancestry in olfactory receptor genes, which may support their need to locate human food waste.
From Science Daily
Or a vividly rendered metaphor of communion between these two characters, who seem to be somehow spiritually linked, via a sort of olfactory portal?
From Washington Post
Rather than acquiring anosmia through a virus or traumatic injury, I was likely born without fully formed olfactory bulbs—a condition known as congenital anosmia.
From Scientific American
Research in 2012 confirmed those unfortunate souls who find it soapy carry a particular olfactory receptor gene that makes it taste different to them.
From Salon
But de Erausquin noted the brain’s olfactory region is directly linked to areas critical for memory, and a loss of smell is sometimes an early sign of degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s.
From Seattle Times
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