noun
anosmia
Anosmia (noun) means the loss of the ability to smell things.
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The loss of the ability to smell things.
"Often accompanied by an inability to taste, anosmia occurs abruptly and dramatically in these patients, almost as if a switch had been flipped."
— Roni Caryn Rabin, Some Covid Survivors Haunted by Loss of Smell and Taste (2021)
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Etymology
Taken from New Latin anosmia, equivalent to an- plus -osmi.
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What is the meaning of anosmia?
"anosmia" (noun) means the loss of the ability to smell things.
What is the opposite of anosmia?
The opposite of "anosmia" is olfaction.
