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Word: Olfaction
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 19th century: from Latin olfactus ‘a smell’ (from olere ‘to smell’ + fact- ‘made’, from the verb facere) + -ion
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ɒlˈfakʃn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the action or capacity of smelling; the sense of smell.
Short Definition:action or capacity of smelling
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