Medical term:

dysosmia



dysosmia

 [dis-oz´me-ah]
distortion of the sense of smell.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

dys·os·mi·a

(dis-oz'mē-ă),
Distortion or perversion in the perception of an odorant; an unpleasant perception may occur when a normally pleasant odor is present, or the perception may occur when no odorant is present (olfactory hallucination).
Synonym(s): parosmia, parosphresia
[dys- + G. osmē, smell]
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dysosmia

Neurology A defect in the sense of smell. See Smell.
McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

dys·os·mi·a

(dis-oz'mē-ă)
Altered sense of smell.
[dys- + G. osmē, smell]
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