Search Ontology:
GO: Biological Process

sensory perception of smell

Term ID
GO:0007608
Synonyms
  • olfaction
  • scent perception
  • sense of smell
  • smell perception
Definition
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.
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Ontology
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Phenotype
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