Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A distortion of the sense of smell, as in smelling odors that are not present.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In pathology, a perversion of the sense of smell; olfactory illusion.
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- noun A
distorted sense ofsmell , often resulting inphantom , non-existent, and mostly unpleasant, smells.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Note that phantosmia is different from another disorder of sense of smell, known as parosmia, in which a smell is present in your environment but is distorted.
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Note that phantosmia is different from another disorder of sense of smell, known as parosmia, in which a smell is present in your environment but is distorted.
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However, occasionally patients may also present with parosmia (a distortion of the sense of smell), phantosmia (smelling things that aren't there), or permanent damage of the olfactory system.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories PhysOrg Team 2010
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When the temporal lobe seizes, as it might during an epileptic incident, the onset is frequently marked by phantom smells, a condition called phantosmia (not to be confused with parosmia in which a present smell is distorted).
Scientific Blogging 2010
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However, occasionally patients may also present with parosmia (a distortion of the sense of smell), phantosmia (smelling things that aren't there), or permanent damage of the olfactory system.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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However, occasionally patients may also present with parosmia (a distortion of the sense of smell), phantosmia (smelling things that aren't there), or permanent damage of the olfactory system.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories PhysOrg Team 2010
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However, occasionally patients may also present with parosmia (a distortion of the sense of smell), phantosmia (smelling things that aren't there), or permanent damage of the olfactory system.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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A Practical Guide on Pharmacovigilance for Beginners parosmia, taste perversion, abnormal visual accommodation, and xerophthalmia.
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qms commented on the word parosmia
There was a poor fellow in Bosnia
Who suffered persistent parosmia,
His organs olfactory
So badly refractory
He spent all his days fighting nausea.
February 15, 2019