dysosmia

dysosmia
Distortion or perversion in the perception of an odorant; an unpleasant perception may occur when a normally pleasant odor is present, or the perception may occur when no odorant is present (olfactory hallucination). SYN: parosmia, parosphresia. [dys- + G. osme, smell]

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dys·os·mia dis-'äz-mē-ə, -'äs- n dysfunction of the sense of smell

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dys·os·mia (dis-ozґme-ə) [dys- + osm-1 + -ia] parosmia.

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