Medical term:

osmophore



osmophore

 [oz´mo-fōr]
the group of atoms in a molecule of a compound that is responsible for its odor.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

os·mo·phore

(oz'mō-fōr),
The group of atoms in the molecule of a compound that is responsible for the compound's characteristic odor.
[G. osmē, smell, + phonos, bearing]
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