a disorder of the sense of smell, esp. the perception of odors that are not present
Word origin
[1815–25; par- + Gk osm(e᷄) smell + -ia]This word is first recorded in the period 1815–25. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: aggressive, artifact, diorama, heuristic, norm-ia is a noun suffix having restricted application in various fields, as in names ofdiseases (malaria; anemia), place names (Italia; Romania), names of Roman feasts (Lupercalia), Latin or Latinizing plurals (Amphibia; insignia; Reptilia), and in other loanwords from Latin (militia)
Examples of 'parosmia' in a sentence
parosmia
This negative direction of the differences was unique for parosmia.
Jörn Lötsch, Alfred Ultsch, Maren Eckhardt, Caroline Huart, Philippe Rombaux, ThomasHummel 2016, 'Brain lesion-pattern analysis in patients with olfactory dysfunctions following headtrauma', NeuroImage: Clinicalhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213158216300109. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
A higher prevalence of parosmia, and as a tendency also phantosmia, was observed in subjects with medium overall brain damage.
Jörn Lötsch, Alfred Ultsch, Maren Eckhardt, Caroline Huart, Philippe Rombaux, ThomasHummel 2016, 'Brain lesion-pattern analysis in patients with olfactory dysfunctions following headtrauma', NeuroImage: Clinicalhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213158216300109. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)