e-nose
See also: enose
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
- An electronic device able to detect specific combinations of chemicals in gaseous form.
- 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.
- 2005, E-nose to 'sniff out' superbugs, BBC Online, 22 September.
References edit
electronic nose on Wikipedia.Wikipedia