chemosensation
English
Etymology
chemo- + sensation
Noun
chemosensation (countable and uncountable, plural chemosensations)
- (neurology) The sensing of chemical stimuli
Hyponyms
- types of chemosensation:
- smell
- taste
Coordinate terms
- mechanosensation
- thermosensation
Related terms
- chemosensitive
- chemosensory
- chemotaxis