Having fifty times as many olfactory neural receptors as human beings, dogs have a sense of small that is a hundred thousand times more acute.
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Olfactory
//ɒlˈfak.tə.ɹi//
Synonyms for "olfactory" (2 found)
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Related terms
5 entriesderived
13 entriesrelated to
6 entriesTranslations
29 translations across 18 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- обонятелен adj (concerning the sense of smell)
Catalan
2 entries- olfactiu adj (concerning the sense of smell)
- olfactori adj (concerning the sense of smell)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 嗅的 adj (concerning the sense of smell)
Czech
1 entries- čichový adj (concerning the sense of smell)
Dutch
1 entries- olfactorisch adj (concerning the sense of smell)
Finnish
2 entries- haju adj (concerning the sense of smell)
- olfaktorinen adj (concerning the sense of smell)
French
1 entries- olfactif adj (concerning the sense of smell)
German
2 entries- geruchlich adj (concerning the sense of smell)
- olfaktorisch adj (concerning the sense of smell)
Greek
1 entries- οσφρητικός adj (concerning the sense of smell)
Hungarian
2 entries- szagló adj (concerning the sense of smell)
- szaglószervi adj (concerning the sense of smell)
Indonesian
2 entries- olfaktori adj (concerning the sense of smell)
- olfaktoris adj (concerning the sense of smell)
Italian
2 entries- olfattivo adj (concerning the sense of smell)
- olfattorio adj (concerning the sense of smell)
Malay
3 entries- olfaksi adj (concerning the sense of smell)
- olfaktori adj (concerning the sense of smell)
- penghiduan adj (concerning the sense of smell)
Polish
1 entries- węchowy adj (concerning the sense of smell)
Portuguese
3 entries- olfactório adj (concerning the sense of smell)
- olfativo adj (concerning the sense of smell)
- olfatório adj (concerning the sense of smell)
Russian
1 entries- обоня́тельный adj (concerning the sense of smell)
Spanish
2 entries- olfativo adj (concerning the sense of smell)
- olfatorio adj (concerning the sense of smell)
Swedish
1 entries- luktsinnes adj (concerning the sense of smell)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
In rare cases, a blow to the head can cause the olfactory nerves to be damaged or severed, causing someone to partially or fully lose their sense of smell.
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Today we're going to learn about the olfactory system.
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