Search:   Dictionary All Posts
Store Your Knowledge at the Brain Bank!
Login / Register - It's free!

olfactory Definition

Cancel
Login to Create a ListRegister for Free!
olfactory
adjective(ol-fac-to-ry)
of or relating to the sense of smell
olfactory
noun(ol-fac-to-ry)
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)
olfactory
noun(ol-fac-to-ry)
an anterior projection of each cerebral hemisphere that is continuous anteriorly with the olfactory nerve
olfactory
noun(ol-fac-to-ry)
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

Words Related to olfactory!

olfactive, scent, smell, odor, odour, sensory, auditory, somatosensory, neural, limbic, sensorial, gustatory, physiological, perceptual, trigeminal, vestibular, neuronal, mammalian, aural, tactile, neurochemical, neurophysiological, neurobiological, neuroanatomical, caudate, biochemical, somatic, cerebellar, ventromedial, cognitive, neocortical, cortical, aesthesodic, masticatory, cingulate, synesthetic, inhibitory, neuropeptide, efferent, psychophysical, pineal, homeostatic, olfactory bulb, smellable, prosodic, organoleptic, hippocampal, physiologic, overscented, protopathic, neurosensory, synaesthetic, bioelectric, hypothalamic, cholinergic, olfactory property, prefrontal, salivary, endocrine, electroencephalographic, neuro, anatomical, stellate, proprioceptive, synaptic, noradrenaline, morphogen, cochlear, umami, neuroendocrine, serotonergic, visual, macrosmatic, copulatory, ontogenetic, subcortical, transducing, amoeboid, imaginal, olfactory nerve, neuropsychological, conspecific, postsynaptic, nonverbal, pontine, phasic, fronto, excitatory, nociceptive, molecular, alimentary, sensate, secretory, ciliary, hormonal, ventral, organismal, parasympathetic, nonsocial, thalamic,

olfactory Examples by Brain Bank Users