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odoriphore|ˈəʊdərɪfɔə(r)|
Also odorophore.
[ad. G. odoriphor (H. Zwaardemaker Die Physiol. des Geruchs (1895) xiv. 240), f. as odorimeter: see -phore.]
= osmophore 1.
1919Physiol. Abstr. IV. 13 Adsorption is.. but the first step [in olfaction], on which follows the solution of the odorous substance and its odorophore in the lipoids of the epithelial cell. 1922Ibid. VII. 174 The natural groups of odours..are characterised by the presence, number, size, and arrangement of odoriphore groups. 1944R. W. Moncrieff Chemical Senses xii. 306 Zwaardemaker considered that odour was dependent on the presence of odoriphores, special chemical groups, each of which was responsible for a special odour.
Hence odoriˈphoric a.
1944R. W. Moncrieff Chemical Senses xii. 307 Odoriphoric groups. 1968W. McCartney Olfaction & Odours 169 That odorous energy is molecular-vibratory..seemed to him [sc. A. Heyninx] the sole admissible view and on it he reached the following conclusions:..4. The specific vibrations of the ‘odoriphoric’ groups of the odorous molecules cause the olfactory mucous membrane..to vibrate. |