olfactory

I myself am grateful for the appearance of Lord Ormund if only because Norton is clearly having a blast and his olfactory sensitivity and devotion to aromatherapy add some much needed humor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

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

Then the team hopes to treat the problem by placing sensor chips in the patient’s olfactory tissue to help preserve or restore scent perception.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026

Training of cells for olfactory sensing appears to be an everyday phenomenon.

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

To the olfactories," resumed the spirit, "the visitant was stifling.

From Toppleton's Client or, A Spirit in Exile by John Kendrick Bangs

He scented a trade afar off, and his organs of taste, sympathizing with his olfactories, gave out that token of satisfaction.

From The Continental Monthly , Vol. 2 No. 5, November 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various

The water, owing to causes to which I have already alluded, was exceedingly offensive to the palate and the olfactories.

From Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale by John Sherburne Sleeper

To his olfactories it is the perfume of Araby.

From The Land of Fire A Tale of Adventure by Mayne Reid