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  • adjective Relating to the perception of a chemical stimulus by sensory means. Used especially of olfactory reception.

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  • adjective of, or relating to a chemosensor, or to the perception of chemical signals by the senses; especially of the prception of taste and smell

Etymologies

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chemo- +‎ sensory

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Examples

  • Its symptoms can include: mucus-membrane irritation, neurotoxic effects, respiratory symptoms, skin symptoms, gastrointestinal complaints, and chemosensory changes.

    Floods, Mold, Cancer, and the Politics of Public Health 2009

  • Now, they are seen as chemosensory structures, perhaps for the purpose of detecting food.

    Nematoda 2008

  • Together with Linda Buck, a creative fellow in the lab, we began to consider how the chemosensory world is represented in the brain.

    Richard Axel - Autobiography 2005

  • Molecular approaches to studying olfaction have extended to other vertebrates as well as to invertebrate species, with Cori Bargmann's group discovering a large variety of chemosensory receptors in the nematode worm, C. elegans, and several groups, including Richard Axel's, identifying families of odorant and taste receptors in the fruit fly, D. melanogaster.

    Linda B. Buck - Autobiography 2005

  • My fellowship application had focused on an analysis of the chemosensory nervous system of C. elegans.

    H. Robert Horvitz - Autobiography 2003

  • Now, scientists have found that the same neurons that express fru also express a chemosensory receptor called Ir84a.

    Ars Technica Kate Shaw 2011

  • Indeed, cancer patients are often told to 'cope' with chemosensory problems by eating bland, cold and colourless food.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • Now, scientists have found that the same neurons that express fru also express a chemosensory receptor called Ir84a.

    Ars Technica Kate Shaw 2011

  • Ryon and her coauthors' objective, however, was to conduct a controlled test of the idea that wolves will grind up on unfamiliar, strong-smelling objects as a way to obtain chemosensory information about them.

    Slate Magazine Jesse Bering 2011

  • Zhou, W, Chen, D (2008) Encoding human sexual chemosensory cues in the orbitofrontal and fusiform cortices.

    The Guardian World News Carole Jahme 2010

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