anosmia

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See also: anosmią

English

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Etymology

From New Latin anosmia, equivalent to an- +‎ -osmi.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /æˈnɒzmiə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /æˈnɑːzmiːə/
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Noun

anosmia (countable and uncountable, plural anosmias)

  1. Inability to smell; the inability to perceive odors.
    Synonyms: nose blindness, smell blindness
    • 2021 January 2, Roni Caryn Rabin, “Some Covid Survivors Haunted by Loss of Smell and Taste”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
      Often accompanied by an inability to taste, anosmia occurs abruptly and dramatically in these patients, almost as if a switch had been flipped.

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Italian

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Noun

anosmia f (plural anosmie)

  1. (pathology) anosmia

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Polish

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Etymology

From New Latin anosmia, from an- Ancient Greek ὀσμή (osmḗ).

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Noun

anosmia f

  1. anosmia, smell blindness
    Synonym: (obsolete) bezwęch

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  • anosmia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: a‧nos‧mi‧a

Noun

anosmia f (plural anosmias)

  1. (pathology) anosmia (the inability to smell)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin anosmia, from Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-) and ὀσμή (osmḗ, smell).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈnosmja/
  • Rhymes: -osmja
  • Syllabification: a‧nos‧mia

Noun

anosmia f (plural anosmias)

  1. (pathology) anosmia

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