sensation of smell

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• Sensation — Sen*sa tion, n. [Cf. F. sensation. See {Sensate}.] 1. (Physiol.) An impression, or the consciousness of an impression, made upon the central nervous organ, through the medium of a sensory or afferent nerve or one of the organs of sense; a feeling …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• smell — smell,[/p] scent, odor, aroma all denote a property of a thing that makes it perceptible to the olfactory sense. Smell not only is the most general of these terms but tends to be the most colorless. It is the appropriate word when merely the… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• Smell — (sm[e^]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Smelled}, {Smelt}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Smelling}.] [OE. smellen, smillen, smullen; cf. LG. smellen, smelen, sm[ o]len, schmelen, to smoke, to reek, D. smeulen to smolder, and E. smolder. Cf. {Smell}, n.] 1. To… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• sensation — 1 Sensation, percept, sense datum, sensum, image can denote the experience or process which is the result of the activity of a sense organ and its associated neural structures. Sensation (see also SENSATION 2), the most general of these terms, is …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• smell — I. verb (smelled or smelt; smelling) Etymology: Middle English Date: 12th century transitive verb 1. to perceive the odor or scent of through stimuli affecting the olfactory nerves ; get the odor or scent of with the nose 2. to detect or become… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• smell — 1. noun /smɛl/ a) A sensation, pleasant or unpleasant, detected by inhaling air (or, the case of water breathing animals, water) carrying airborne molecules of a substance. I love the smell of fresh bread. b) The sense that detects smells …   Wiktionary

• smell — 1. noun the smell of the kitchen Syn: odor, aroma, fragrance, scent, perfume, redolence; bouquet, nose; stench, fetor, stink, reek, whiff; informal funk; literary miasma 2. verb 1) he smelled her perfume Syn …   Thesaurus of popular words

• Sensation — In medicine and physiology, sensation refers to the registration of an incoming (afferent) nerve impulse in that part of the brain called the sensorium, which is capable of such perception. Therefore, the awareness of a stimulus as a result of… …   Medical dictionary

• sensation — n. a feeling: the result of messages from the body s sensory receptors registering in the brain as information about the environment. Messages from exteroceptors are interpreted as specific sensations – smell, taste, temperature, pain, etc. – in… …   The new mediacal dictionary

• smell photism —    A term used to denote a type of *synaesthesia characterized by a hallucinated colour sensation (i.e. a * photism) which is triggered by a regular olfactory percept.    References    Cytowic, R.E. (2002). Synesthesia. A union ofthe senses.… …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

• sensation — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. feeling, perception, consciousness, impression; furor. See sensibility. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The sense of feeling] Syn. sensibility, susceptibility, sensitiveness, consciousness, awareness,… …   English dictionary for students