Osmology

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The scientific study of smells. uncountable

    "Let us now consider an African osmology—specifically, the system of olfactory classification of the Serer Ndut of Senegal."

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"Let us now consider an African osmology—specifically, the system of olfactory classification of the Serer Ndut of Senegal."

Etymology

From osmo- + -logy.

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