Home › Words › A › anosmiaanosmia/æˈnɒzmiə/anosmia · noun — inability to smell; the inability to perceive odors.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).anosmia is pronounced /æˈnɒzmiə/.EtymologyFrom New Latin anosmia, equivalent to an- + -osmi.nounInability to smell; the inability to perceive odors.e.g.“Often accompanied by an inability to taste, anosmia occurs abruptly and dramatically in these patients, almost as if a switch had been flipped.” — 2021 January 2, Roni Caryn Rabin, “Some Covid Survivors Haunted by Loss of Smell and Taste”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.anosmic 82% match — Having anosmia; lacking a sense of smell. vs anosmia →anosmatic 75% match — Lacking olfactory organs, and so having no sense of smell; anosmic. vs anosmia →oxyosmia 70% match — Abnormal acuity or strength of the sense of smell vs anosmia →dysosmia 66% match — An olfactory disorder in which the sense of smell inaccurately conveys disagreeable sensations. vs anosmia →dysosmic 65% match — Of, pertaining to, or afflicted with dysosmia. vs anosmia →olfaction 64% match — The sense of smell; the detection of airborne molecules. vs anosmia →olfactorily 63% match — In an olfactory sense. vs anosmia →olfact 63% match — To smell. vs anosmia →