Olfaktoriska

Olfaktoriska is a Swedish adjective that pertains to the sense of smell, or olfaction. In Swedish usage, the term is part of a family of words built from the root olfactor- combined with the -isk/-iska suffix to form adjectives such as olfactorisk and olfactoriska. The form olfactoriska is used to modify nouns in accordance with Swedish grammar, commonly describing olfactory phenomena, systems, or processes.

The English equivalent is olfactory. In scientific and academic writing, olfactoriska is used to describe matters related to odor perception, odorant molecules, olfactory receptors, and the olfactory system more broadly. It appears in disciplines such as neuroscience, psychology, pharmacology, and sensory science, where researchers discuss how olfactoriska stimuli are detected, processed, and remembered.

Etymology traces the root to Latin olfactorius, via historical usage in Swedish to form the modern adjective olfactorisk, with olfactoriska as a grammatically inflected variant. The term conveys concepts linked to the chemical sense and its physiological and perceptual dimensions, distinguishing olfactory phenomena from other sensory modalities.

See also: olfactory, olfaction, smell, chemosensation, sensory science.