单词 | osphresiology |
释义 | osphresiologyn. rare. Now historical. Originally; †a treatise on the sense of smell and odours (obsolete). Later: the scientific study of the sense of smell. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > [noun] > study or measurement of osphresiology1842 osmology1857 odorimetry1898 olfactometry1898 vapography1898 osmics1922 olfactronics1964 1842 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 3) Osphresiology, a treatise on olfaction and odours. 1896 tr. A. Corbin Foul & Fragrant 36 The works that marked the golden age [sc. c1821] of osphresiology (the science of smells). 1988 Jrnl. Interdisciplinary Hist. 19 334 Words like osphresiology (study of the sense of smell) and mephitism (poisoning by a noxious vapour) are wrapped in the strained syntax one would expect of an English divine writing a treatise on alchemy. Derivatives osphresioˈlogic adj. rare ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > [adjective] > study or measurement of osphresiologic1888 olfactometric1898 odorimetric1917 olfactronic1966 1888 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 1 500 Other osphresiologic anomalies. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1842 |
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