/air"euh skep'see/ , n. Zool.
perception of atmospheric conditions, as the perception of odors by the antennae of insects.
Also, aeroscepsis /air'oh skep"sis/ .
[ 1825-35; AERO- + -scepsy sképsis observation, perception, equiv. to skep- (s. of sképtesthai to observe, examine; cf. SKEPTIC) + -sis -SIS ]