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anosmic, a. and n. Chiefly Path.|æˈnɒzmɪk|
[f. anosmia n. + -ic.]
A. adj. Affected with anosmia; having no sense of smell. Also (Zool.), lacking olfactory organs, anosmatic.
1875T. S. Watson Dis. Nose xiv. 359 Anosmic individuals should be aware that they run great risks in regard to sewer emanations and other poisonous effluvia. 1926Jrnl. Exper. Psychol. IX. 407 Subject Y is anosmic; and his anosmia is probably complete. 1955Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 31 Dec. 1722/2 We assembled the normal controls and the anosmic patients in three separate groups. 1973Sci. Amer. Apr. 97/2 Both the blind fish and the anosmic ones exhibited a reduced ability to find the river.
B. n. An anosmic person.
1929Amer. Jrnl. Physiol. LXXXVIII. 620 The subjects of these experiments were normal individuals, an anosmic and selected hospital patients under light ether anesthesia. 1938N. & Q. 22 Jan. 68/1 Wordsworth was not an anosmic. 1955Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 31 Dec. 1722/2 On most occasions, when the test food was correctly identified either by an anosmic or by a normal control, the subject declared that he could perceive the flavor. 1973Nature 23 Mar. 271/2 This complex fruity odour screened out any general anosmics having little or no sense of smell. |