anosmia

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June 16, 2009 -- The FDA today advised people not to use Zicam intranasal products that contain zinc, because of the risk of anosmia (loss of the sense of smell), which may be long-lasting or permanent.

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  1. noun Loss of the sense of smell.

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  • At postoperative week one, 87. 5\% of the patients had anosmia, and the rest exhibited at least moderate levels of hyposmia. —  BioMed Central - Latest articles
  • The anosmia, which was the dominant pattern at postoperative week 1, resolved and converted to various levels of hyposmia, so that no one at postoperative week 6 showed any such complain. —  BioMed Central - Latest articles
  • At postoperative six month, the olfactory function had already reverted to the preoperative levels: no anosmia or moderate to severe hyposmia. —  BioMed Central - Latest articles
  • It may be my old nemesis, musk anosmia, rearing its pointy head, but I can barely smell this thing - it's wan and watery compared to the first Coach. —  Perfume Posse
  • Heather: Well, I was born without a sense of smell (congenital anosmia) and blog about my non-smelling experiences over at neversmell. com. —  Train Signal Training
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  1. New Latin : Greek an-, without; see a-1 + Greek osmē, odor.

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  1. New Latin, from Greek ἂνοσμος, also ἂνοδμος, without smell, from ἀν- privative + ὀσμή, older form ὀδμή, smell, from ὅζειν, to smell, akin to L. odor, smell: see odor.
 

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