olfactory perception

Questions about olfactory perception

What does olfactory perception mean?

olfactory perception means "the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form".

What is another word for olfactory perception?

Close synonyms include smell, odor, odour, olfactory sensation. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is olfactory perception a common word?

olfactory perception is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.