anosmia
noun
absence or loss of the sense of smell.
anosmic
-
a word derived from
anosmia.
Example Sentences
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Kline is a congenital anosmic, a technical term for those who have been unable to smell since birth.
From Slate ● Jul. 29, 2022
“When you’re cooking, you don’t notice things are burning. That’s a risk,” Josie Wratten, a 45 year congenital anosmic living in Colorado, said.
From Slate ● Jul. 29, 2022
Infants aren’t routinely screened for smell disorders, as they are for hearing or vision, and it’s common for anosmic people not to realize fully that they’re different until, on average, their early teens.
From New York Times ● Jan. 28, 2021
When that first whiff returns — and with it, some semblance of flavor — it’s off to the pantry for a true bacchanal of all the foods that anosmic sufferers had been missing.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 13, 2020
Facebook Twitter Pinterest Soon after an operation to restore her sense of smell, anosmic Abi first tasted – really tasted – chocolate.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 26, 2016
