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an·os·mi·a    Audio Help   [an-oz-mee-uh, -os-] Pronunciation Key
–noun Pathology.
absence or loss of the sense of smell.
[Origin: 1805–15; < NL < Gk an- an-1 + osm() smell (akin to ózein to smell) + -ia -ia]

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an·os·mat·ic    Audio Help   [an-uhz-mat-ik] Pronunciation Key, an·os·mic, adjective
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an·os·mi·a    Audio Help   (ān-ŏz'mē-ə)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   Loss of the sense of smell.


[New Latin : Greek an-, without; see a-1 + Greek osmē, odor.]

an·os'mic adj.
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anosmia

noun
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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an·os·mi·a (n-zm-)
n.

Loss of the sense of smell. Also called olfactory anesthesia.
an·osmic adj.

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Main Entry: an·os·mia
Pronunciation: a-'näz-mE-&
Function: noun
: loss or impairment of the sense of smell —an·os·mic /-mik/ adjective

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Anosmia

A*nos"mi*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'an priv. + ? smell.] (Med.) Loss of the sense of smell.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

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