Odors
298. Odors
- anosmia
- Medicine. the absence of the sense of smell; olfactory anesthesia. Also called anosphrasia . —anosmic, adj.
- halitosis
- bad breath; an unpleasant odor emanating from the mouth.
- mephitis
- a rank or foul smell, especially one rising from the earth, as from a swamp. —mephitic, mephitical, adj.
- myropolist
- Obsolete, a dealer in perfume or unguents.
- olfactology
- the branch of medical science that studies the sense of smell. —olfactologist, n.
- olfactophobia
- osmophobia.
- osmatism
- the ability to perceive odors. —osmatic, adj.
- osmidrosis
- an abnormal condition in which the sweat has a very strong odor.
- osmonosology
- Medicine. the study of the sense of smell, especially its disorders. —osmonologist, n.
- osmophobia
- an abnormal fear of odors.
- osphresiology
- Medicine. the sum of information concerning odors and olfaction. Also called osmology .
- osphresiophilia
- an inordinate love of smells.
- osphresiophobia
- an abnormal dislike of odors.
- oxyosphresia
- heightened acuteness of the sense of smell.
- parosmia
- Medicine. a disorder of the sense of smell. Also called parosphresia, parosphresis .
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