Anosmia

ahd-5
  • noun. Loss of the sense of smell.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In pathology, a loss of the sense of smell.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Loss of the sense of smell.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Inability to smell; the inability to perceive odors.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • 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)
  • Word Usage
    "A group of investors sued Matrixx for a "material" misrepresentation and omission under federal securities law because the company did not publicly report that medical researchers in the early 2000s had traced Zicam to the loss of smell, known as anosmia, and that related lawsuits against the company had been filed."
    cross-reference
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    dysomia