olfactory

Pigeons "have an extremely sophisticated olfactory system, so that they can smell grass seed when it's being sown," said Davis.

From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026

The locus coeruleus, found in the brainstem, helps regulate this process through long nerve fibers that extend to the olfactory bulb.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 11, 2026

The initial goal is to create a diagnostic test to measure olfactory loss—a marker of Covid-19 and other conditions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026

When I hear the word potluck, I am transported, with a kind of olfactory immediacy, to the basement of my grandmother’s church.

From Salon ● Mar. 15, 2026

Specific receptor proteins have been proposed, with different olfactory cells carrying specific receptors for different “primary” odors, but no one has yet succeeded in identifying the receptors or naming the “primary” odors.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

“Thank God my moustache filters out some of the stench. My olfactories are already beginning to send out distress signals.”

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

I conclude that our friend had his nest somewhere near and was disturbed by the fire, and his olfactories excited by the smell of the broiled fish.

From The Log House by the Lake A Tale of Canada by Kingston, William Henry Giles

How their oily fustian filled The summer air with fragrance that his fine olfactories thrilled!

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, July 16, 1892 by Various

He's more disagreeable to the olfactories than old John Jacob Astor's hide house, from whose effluvia sprung the master spirits of Gotham's Four Hundred.

From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 01 by Brann, William Cowper

When passing the hive our olfactories are saluted with a nauseous effluvia, arising from this corrupting mass.

From Mysteries of Bee-keeping Explained by Quinby, M. (Moses)