Anosmia

Introduction: Anosmia

Description of Anosmia

Anosmia (medical condition): Reduced or complete loss of ability to smell. Can be a temporary condition...more »

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Anosmia: absence of the sense of smell (as by damage to olfactory nasal tissue or the olfactory nerve or by obstruction of the nasal passages).
Source: WordNet 2.1

Anosmia: Absence of the sense of smell. (Dorland, 27th ed)
Source: Diseases Database

Anosmia: absence of the sense of smell.
Source: CRISP

Anosmia: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Anosmia:

• Absence
• Sense
• Smell (38 causes)
• Smell symptoms (38 causes)
• Damage
• Olfactory
• Olfactory disorder
• Nasal
• Nasal symptoms (2080 causes)

Anosmia as a Disease

Anosmia (medical condition): See Anosmia (disease information).
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  »Symptoms of Anosmia

Anosmia: Related Diseases

Anosmia: Anosmia is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Sensory conditions
• Nervous system conditions

More information on medical condition: Anosmia:

• Information about Anosmia
• Basic Summary for Anosmia
• Symptoms of Anosmia

Anosmia as a Symptom

Anosmia (symptom): A loss of or lack of a sense of smell....more »

Anosmia (symptom): See Anosmia (symptom information).

More information on symptom: Anosmia:

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Anosmia: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Anosmia:

• nasal polyps
• dementia with Lewy bodies
• Kallman syndrome
• Parkinson's disease
• Alzheimer's disease
• hypothyroidism
• cadmium poisoning

Terms associated with Anosmia:

Terms Similar to Anosmia:

• Loss of sense of smell
• Paraosmia
• Parosmia

Source: Diseases Database

More specific terms for Anosmia:

• Kallmann's syndrome

Source - CRISP

Broader terms for Anosmia

• olfactory disorder

Source - CRISP

• dysomia

Source - WordNet 2.1

The term Anosmia can be used for:

• anosphrasia
• hyposmia
• olfactory anesthesia

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Anosmia

The following list attempts to classify Anosmia into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• dysomia
• disability,disablement,handicap,impairment
• bad condition,poor shape,unfitness
• health problem,ill health,unhealthiness
• pathological state
• condition,status
• state

Source: WordNet 2.1

External links related to: Anosmia

• anosmia
• OMIM - ANOSMIA

Source: Diseases Database

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