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Anosmia

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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... into the nerve sheath or contusion of the nerve may cause a transitory loss of smell. The trunk of the nerve may be implicated also in tumours and meningitis in the anterior fossa. In all cases in which anosmia results there is also interference with the power of recognising different flavours, thus greatly ...
— Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. • Alexander Miles


Words linked to "Anosmia" :   anosmatic, dysomia, anosmic


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