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osmology en · NOUN

Etymology

From osmo- + -logy.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The scientific study of smells.
    • Let us now consider an African osmology—specifically, the system of olfactory classification of the Serer Ndut of Senegal. 2002, Constance Classen, Aroma: The Cultural History of Smell: