osmology

English

Etymology

osmo- +‎ -logy

Noun

osmology (uncountable)

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