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Definition of Olfactory organ
1. Noun. The organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals. "He has a cold in the nose"
Specialized synonyms: Neb, Snout, Rostrum, Snout, Beak, Honker, Hooter, Nozzle, Schnoz, Schnozzle, Snoot, Snout, Conk, Hawk Nose, Proboscis, Pug Nose, Hooknose, Roman Nose
Terms within: Turbinal, Turbinate, Turbinate Bone, Arteria Ethmoidalis, Ethmoidal Artery, Nasal Cavity, Internasal Suture, Sutura Internasalis, Bridge, Anterior Naris, Nostril
Generic synonyms: Chemoreceptor
Group relationships: Upper Respiratory Tract, Face, Human Face
Derivative terms: Nose, Nose, Nose
Medical Definition of Olfactory organ
1. The olfactory region in the superior portion of the nasal cavity. Synonym: organum olfactus, organ of smell. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Olfactory Organ
Literary usage of Olfactory organ
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society by Royal Microscopical Society, London (1882)
"olfactory organ of ... dealing with the olfactory organ of this terrestrial pulmonate
... olfactory organ ..."
2. The Development of the Chick: An Introduction to Embryology by Frank Rattray Lillie (1908)
"... OF THK olfactory organ The origin of the olfactory pit, external and internal
nares, and olfactory nerve, has already Ix-cn considered (pp. ..."
3. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science edited by Biologists Limited, The Company of. (1879)
"The MORPHOLOGY of the VERTEBRATE olfactory organ. By A. MILNES MARSHALL, MA,
D.Sc., Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge. (With Plates XIII and XIV. ..."
4. Elements of the Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates by Robert Wiedersheim (1886)
"olfactory organ. The olfactory organ, in its simplest form, consists of a paired,
pit-like depression of the integument above the cleft of the mouth. ..."
5. Anatomy of the Cat by Jacob Ellsworth Reighard, Herbert Spencer Jennings (1901)
"... and external (c) canals) also enter the vestibule separately, so that the
three canals enter the vestibule by five openings. III. THE olfactory organ. ..."
6. The world's wit and humor: an encyclopedia of the classic wit and humor of by Lionel Strachey (1906)
"... the Elder Chapter Touching the olfactory organ HAS it ever occurred to you,
dear reader, how admirable an organ the nose is? ..."
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