e-nose

noun

An electronic device able to detect specific combinations of chemicals in gaseous form.

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Meanings

noune-nose (plural e-noses)

plural e-noses

  1. An electronic device able to detect specific combinations of chemicals in gaseous form.
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    2005, E-nose to 'sniff out' superbugs, BBC Online, 22 September. The e-nose created by surgeon David Morgan and engineer Ritaban Dutta and colleagues can sit on a doctor's desk and analyse gasses given off by swabs from patients for signs of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and other strains of Staph aureus.

Origin

From e- (“electronic”) + nose.

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APA

e-nose. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/e-nose

MLA

“e-nose.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/e-nose. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “e-nose,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/e-nose.

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