Olfactologies

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. The scientific study of the sense of smell and its related processes
2. Research and exploration into how odors are perceived and processed by the olfactory system
3. An interdisciplinary field examining the chemical detection of scents and their physiological effects on organisms

Etymology: "Olfactologies" is the plural of "olfactology," a modern scientific coinage built from the Latin-derived stem "olfact-" (from "olfactus," the past participle of "olfacere," "to smell," itself from "olere," "to smell," and "facere," "to make") and the Greek-derived suffix "-ology" (from "-logia," "study of"). Each plural names a distinct body of research on smell, much as "biologies" names different branches of life science.

Synonyms: smell sciences, olfactory studies, odor sciences, scent studies, aroma sciences