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  "olfaction":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the act or process of smelling":[],
      ": the sense of smell":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The dogs sniffed samples of human sweat in an olfaction cone. \u2014 Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY , 3 June 2022",
      "The scientists determined that the missing genes were related to olfaction , or the rat's sense of smell, and the animal's immune functions. \u2014 NBC News , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "The results suggest some regions of the brain connected to the olfaction system may shrink slightly in the wake of an infection, although the effect is minor and its consequences are unclear. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "After all, the study of avian olfaction is not straightforward. \u2014 Amy Brady, Scientific American , 23 Feb. 2022",
      "As a result, the neurons are forced to avert their attention from olfaction , resulting in a dramatic loss of production for the components needed for smell, culminating in anosmia. \u2014 Robin Lloyd, Scientific American , 7 Feb. 2022",
      "Excited by the finding, Prof. Sobel thinks this is just the beginning of investigating olfaction as a driver of human aggression. \u2014 Susan Pinker, WSJ , 20 Jan. 2022",
      "Until the end of the twentieth century, the problem for any theorist of olfaction was that no one had really been able to study the olfactory receptors, or even prove their existence. \u2014 Scott Sayare, Harper's Magazine , 23 Nov. 2021",
      "Such light evolutionary constraints at the receptor level probably impose substantial selective pressure downstream on the neural circuits for olfaction : Nervous systems need good mechanisms for decoding the messy patterns of receptor activity. \u2014 Jordana Cepelewicz, Wired , 27 June 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1833, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00e4l-\u02c8fak-sh\u0259n",
      "\u014dl-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-121804",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "olfactive":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": olfactory":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin olfactus, olefactus + English -ive":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02c8)\u00e4l\u00a6faktiv"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-122907",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "olfactology":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the scientific study of smells or of the sense of smell":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cc\u00e4l\u02ccfak\u02c8t\u00e4l\u0259j\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin olfact us smell (from olfactus, olefactus , past participle of olfacere, olefacere ) + English -o- + -logy":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-024214"
  },
  "olfactory nerve":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": either of the pair of nerves that are the first cranial nerves and that arise in the olfactory neurosensory cells of the nasal mucous membrane and pass to the anterior part of the cerebrum":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The olfactory nerve begins in the nasal cavity and ends in the olfactory bulb, in the brain. \u2014 Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker , 12 Aug. 2021",
      "Many symptoms involve the cranial nerves, including the nerve for sense of smell ( olfactory nerve ) leading to anosmia, as well as the nerve for hearing (acoustic nerve), leading to hearing loss, dizziness, or tinnitus. \u2014 Nina Shapiro, Forbes , 21 Mar. 2021",
      "Second, the particles can bypass the barrier altogether by slipping from the nose into the olfactory nerves and then traveling to a part of the brain called the olfactory bulb. \u2014 Ellen Ruppel Shell, Scientific American , 12 May 2020",
      "In their first experiments, the researchers used transgenic animals that only made the protein in acetophenone-sensitive olfactory nerves . \u2014 Robert Martone, Scientific American , 27 Aug. 2019",
      "By pairing the electrical foot shock with optogenetic light stimulation of the acetophenone-sensitive olfactory nerves , the researchers taught the animals to associate the two. \u2014 Robert Martone, Scientific American , 27 Aug. 2019",
      "Scents can be a powerful trigger for emotion and memory, stimulating the olfactory nerve and sending signals directly to the brain. \u2014 Karen Campbell, BostonGlobe.com , 12 July 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1670, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-030208"
  },
  "olfactory bulb":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a bulbous anterior projection of the olfactory lobe that is the place of termination of the olfactory nerves and is especially well developed in lower vertebrates (such as fishes)":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Although the olfactory bulb isn\u2019t involved in cognitive functions, tenOever said, inflammation there can radiate deeper into the brain. \u2014 Jason Mast, STAT , 13 June 2022",
      "An organ called the olfactory bulb shunts the chemical messages straight to the part of the brain that deals with stored feelings and memories, bypassing the cerebral cortex, the main part of the brain. \u2014 Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News , 11 June 2022",
      "When the olfactory bulb tissues were compared, the patients with COVID-19 had fewer nerve fibers in their olfactory bulbs, researchers said in a news release. \u2014 Julie Washington, cleveland , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "Researchers from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore analyzed tissue from the olfactory bulb in 37 people who died of various causes. \u2014 Julie Washington, cleveland , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "The other major source of stem cells in the brain is the ventricular-subventricular zone that make olfactory bulb neurons that participate in the learning and discrimination of smells. \u2014 Gabriel A. Silva, Forbes , 1 Feb. 2022",
      "The olfactory bulb has connections to regions of the temporal lobe. \u2014 Jessica Bernard, The Conversation , 24 Sep. 2021",
      "The olfactory bulb has connections to regions of the temporal lobe. \u2014 Jessica Bernard, The Conversation , 24 Sep. 2021",
      "The olfactory bulb has connections to regions of the temporal lobe. \u2014 Jessica Bernard, The Conversation , 24 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1851, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-040638"
  },
  "olfactory capsule":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": nasal capsule":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-041315"
  },
  "olfactory":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": of or relating to the sense of smell":[
        "olfactory receptors",
        "olfactory sensations"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u014dl-",
      "\u00e4l-\u02c8fak-t(\u0259-)r\u0113",
      "\u00e4l-\u02c8fak-t\u0259-r\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Customers are swept into the library, a lab meets exploration zone, where the expert staff guides them through an olfactory journey, with 1,200 ingredients. \u2014 Celia Shatzman, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
      "One was hypothesis driven, in that it was limited to all the structures that are known to be one or two connections removed from the olfactory nerves in the nose. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "April 30-May 1: Rose enthusiasts will be in visual and olfactory heaven at the 94th annual Rose Show & California Coastal Rose Society Auction. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 Apr. 2022",
      "It's been six years since Boy Smells took the stank of cannabis leaf and turned it into an olfactory dream with its Kush candle, which remains a best seller to this day. \u2014 Jihan Forbes, Allure , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "When the olfactory bulb tissues were compared, the patients with COVID-19 had fewer nerve fibers in their olfactory bulbs, researchers said in a news release. \u2014 Julie Washington, cleveland , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "His first fragrance, Green, stemmed from a bittersweet memory of his father, who left when Gorham was young, and who smelled like green beans to him as a child\u2014an olfactory idea that was expertly rendered in jasmine and musk notes. \u2014 Celia Ellenberg, Vogue , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "Legend Red woody fragrance where the the olfactory experience makes his heart beat a little faster during your intimate time together. \u2014 Joseph Deacetis, Forbes , 27 Jan. 2022",
      "The virus may simply inflame the lining of the nose, preventing odor compounds from reaching the olfactory sensory neurons at the top of the nasal cavity. \u2014 Scott Sayare, Harper's Magazine , 23 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin olfactorius , from olfacere to smell, from ol\u0113re to smell + facere to do \u2014 more at odor , do":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1658, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-044017"
  },
  "olfactometer":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an instrument for measuring the sensitivity of the sense of smell especially in regard to intensity, concentration, or quality of an odor":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cc\u00e4l-\u02ccfak-\u02c8t\u00e4m-\u0259t-\u0259r, \u02cc\u014dl-",
      "\u02cc\u00e4l-\u02ccfak-\u02c8t\u00e4-m\u0259-t\u0259r",
      "\u02cc\u014dl-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "To investigate, the scientists placed samples of favored and nonfavored soils at the end of a Y-junction olfactometer in which each arm was scented by a different dirt. \u2014 Jennifer Frazer, Scientific American , 21 Nov. 2020",
      "But for use cases like trying to locate a concentrated marijuana plant odor, a field olfactometer lets testers roam and continue to smell on the go. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 15 Jan. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1889, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-100955"
  },
  "olfactory lobe":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an anterior projection of each cerebral hemisphere that is continuous anteriorly with the olfactory nerve":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1837, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-162526"
  }
}