| umls-concept:C0037361 | skos:definition | MSH: The ability to detect scents or odors, such as the function of OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS.,CSP: sensation or perception of scents or odors; sense of smell.,GO: The series of events required for an organism to receive an olfactory stimulus, convert it to a molecular signal, and recognize and characterize the signal. Olfaction involves the detection of chemical composition of an organism's ambient medium by chemoreceptors. This is a neurological process. [GOC:ai, http://www.onelook.com/],NCI: The sense of smell.,NCI: The faculty of smell. | lld:umls |
