anosmia

UK: /ænˈɒzmɪə/ US: (an oz′mē ə, -os′-)

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an•os•mi•a  (an oz′mē ə, -os′-), n. [Pathol.]

1. Pathology absence or loss of the sense of smell.

• Greek an- an-¹ + osm(é̄) smell (akin to ózein to smell) + -ia -ia
• Neo-Latin
• 1805–15;

an•os•mat•ic  (an′əz mat′ik), an•os′mic, adj. 

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anosmia / ænˈɒzmɪə -ˈɒs-/ noun

1. loss of the sense of smell, usually as the result of a lesion of the olfactory nerve, disease in another organ or part, or obstruction of the nasal passages

Etymology: 19th Century: from New Latin, from an- + Greek osmē smell, from ozein to smell

anosmatic / ˌænɒzˈmætɪk/, anˈosmic adjective