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 of smell, often resulting in phantom, non-existent, and mostly unpleasant, smells.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[New Latin : par(a)– + Greek osmē, smell.]

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Examples

  • 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.

    All MayoClinic.com Topics 2010

  • 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.

    All MayoClinic.com Topics 2010

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • A Practical Guide on Pharmacovigilance for Beginners parosmia, taste perversion, abnormal visual accommodation, and xerophthalmia.

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  • 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