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anosmia

[ UK /ænˈɒzmi‍ə/ ]
NOUN
  1. absence of the sense of smell (as by damage to olfactory nasal tissue or the olfactory nerve or by obstruction of the nasal passages)

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  • anosmia, which is the lack of perception of an odor for a specific compound, when the smell is otherwise intact. Msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines
  • I was born with anosmia, which is a fancy way of saying I’ve never been able to smell. PvPonline » Archive » Your it’s.
  • Look up drug side effects in the Physicians' Desk Reference and you will discover words like tinnitus (ringing in the ears), syncope, dyspnea (shortness of breath), epistaxis and anosmia (loss of smell).
  • The loss of smell is called anosmia, and Davidson said that people might not appreciate how significant it can be. U.S. News
  • It's important to pay attention immediately, though; due to a condition called anosmia, we humans stop smelling something different after about 15 minutes. SFGate: Top News Stories
  • While anosmia - the loss of smell - can be easily understood by others, parosmia, to suffer from smell and taste distortions, is harder for others to experience.
  • A group of investors sued Matrixx for a "material" misrepresentation and omission under federal securities law because the company did not publicly report that medical researchers in the early 2000s had traced Zicam to the loss of smell, known as anosmia, and that related lawsuits against the company had been filed. Court sides with investors on disclosing drug reactions
  • Anosmia [absence of the sense of smell] was defined as concentration levels zero to three, severe hyposmia [reduced sensibility to odors] as levels four to five, moderate hyposmia as levels six to eight, mild hyposmia as levels nine to 10 and normosmia [a normal sense of smell] as levels 11 to 12," the authors note. Kansas City infoZine Headlines
  • Food and Drug Administration was warning consumers to avoid using Zicam's nasal spray and swabs because it had 130 reported cases where users suffered from anosmia, which is a loss of smell. Investopedia.com Headlines
  • I don't, by the way, in any way suggest pregnancy as a cure for anything, let alone anosmia.
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