e-nose

Definition

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

Etymology

From e- + nose.

Example Sentences

• "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."