ANOSMIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Absence of the sense of smell (as by damage to olfactory nasal tissue or the olfactory nerve or by obstruction of the nasal passages)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("anosmia" is a kind of...):

dysomia (impairment of the sense of smell)

Derivation:

anosmatic (relating to an impairment or loss of the sense of smell)

anosmic (having impaired sense of smell)

anosmic (relating to an impairment or loss of the sense of smell)

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