Using the sense of smell.
(ke″mo-sen´sәr-e) relating to the perception of chemical substances, as in odor detection.
Chemosensory: Pertaining to the sensing of chemicals, as by olfaction (the sense of smell). Diabetes and Parkinson's disease are among the diseases accompanied or signaled by chemosensory problems such as smell disorders.
chemosensory In biology, sensitive to chemical stimuli; applies to certain hairs in insects, and to other chemoreceptors.
sensitive to chemical stimuli, as the sensory nerve endings that mediate taste and smell.