Eigengeruch
body odour; characteristic personal scent
noun AY-gen-ge-rookh Rare
Usage Note
Eigengeruch refers to the unique natural scent of a person (or animal), produced by skin microbiome and sweat glands. It appears in deodorant marketing, forensic science (scent tracking), and neuroscience of olfactory recognition.
Examples
"Säuglinge erkennen ihre Mutter vor allem über den Eigengeruch."
Natural Translation
Infants recognise their mother primarily through her body odour.
Literal Translation
Infants recognise their mother above all through the own-scent.
Related Words
- Akkommodation accommodation (focusing adjustment of the eye lens)
- Anosmie anosmia, loss of smell
- Blick look
- Bogengang semicircular canal (inner ear)
- Brennen burning sensation
- Dunkeladaptation dark adaptation (eye adjustment from light to darkness)
- Dämmerungssehen twilight vision, scotopic vision
- Farbenblindheit colour blindness
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