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Olfactory(medicine)
Olfactory(health)
olfactory(dictionary)
olfactory pits(medicine)
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olfactory pathways(medicine)
olfactory neurons(medicine)
olfactory neuroblastoma(medicine)
olfactory nerves(medicine)

olfactory (iou)



olfactory adjective & noun. M17.
[from Latin olfactor- (in olfactoria nosegay), from olfactare frequentative of olfacere to smell, from olere to smell + facere make: see -ORY2. Cf. OLFACT.]
A. adjective. Of or pertaining to the sense of smell or the action of smelling. M17.
olfactory nerve either of the first pair of cranial nerves, which supply the smell receptors in the mucous membrane of the nose.
b. noun. An organ of smell. E19.
olfactorily adverb in the sense of smell L19.