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OLFACTORY MODALITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does olfactory modality mean? 

OLFACTORY MODALITY (noun)
  The noun OLFACTORY MODALITY has 1 sense:

1. the faculty that enables us to distinguish scentsplay

  Familiarity information: OLFACTORY MODALITY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


OLFACTORY MODALITY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The faculty that enables us to distinguish scents

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

olfaction; olfactory modality; sense of smell; smell

Hypernyms ("olfactory modality" is a kind of...):

modality; sense modality; sensory system (a particular sense)

exteroception (sensitivity to stimuli originating outside of the body)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "olfactory modality"):

nose (the sense of smell (especially in animals))


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