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e-nose

e-nose noun: an electronic device able to detect specific combinations of chemicals in gaseous form.

Noun

e-nose (plural e-noses)

  1. An electronic device able to detect specific combinations of chemicals in gaseous form.
    • 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.2005, E-nose to 'sniff out' superbugs, BBC Online, 22 September.

Forms of e-nose

plurale-noses

Origin of e-nose

From e- (“electronic”) + nose.

Questions about e-nose

What does e-nose mean?
E-nose means an electronic device able to detect specific combinations of chemicals in gaseous form.
What part of speech is e-nose?
E-nose is a noun.
What is the plural of e-nose?
The plural of e-nose is e-noses.

Words near e-nose in the dictionary

  1. e-news
  2. e-newsletter
  3. e-newsletters
  4. e-newspaper
  5. e-newspapers
  6. e-nose
  7. e-noses
  8. e-notification
  9. e-notifications
  10. e-novel
  11. e-novella

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