ANOSMIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does anosmia mean? 

• ANOSMIA (noun)
  The noun ANOSMIA has 1 sense:

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)

  Familiarity information: ANOSMIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANOSMIA (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)

 Context examples 

Anosmia may be associated with NEOPLASMS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; inherited conditions; toxins; METABOLIC DISEASES; tobacco abuse; and other conditions.

(Olfactory Nerve Disorder, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Clinical features include behavioral changes, HALLUCINATIONS, loss of short term memory, anosmia, AGEUSIA, and DEMENTIA.

(Limbic Encephalitis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

An X-linked or autosomal dominant genetic syndrome characterized by hypogonadotropic hypogonadism and anosmia.

(Kallmann Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

Clinical manifestations include nasal obstruction, epistaxis, and anosmia.

(Inverted Schneiderian Papilloma, NCI Thesaurus)

Diseases of the first cranial (olfactory) nerve, which usually feature anosmia or other alterations in the sense of smell and taste.

(Olfactory Nerve Disorder, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)