dysosmia

[ dis-oz-mee-uh ]

noun

, Pathology.

1. an impairment of the sense of smell.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dysosmia¹

dys- + Greek osm ( ḗ ) smell + -ia

Example Sentences

People with COVID-19 also get dysosmia, which is where “everything you taste tastes terrible,” said Aniruddha Hazra, assistant professor in the University of Chicago Medicine’s Section of Infectious Diseases and Global Health.

From Seattle Times

An Underrecognized Problem While reliable statistics are hard to come by, several million Americans are thought to suffer from the major smell disorders: hyposmia, a reduced ability to detect certain odors; anosmia, an inability to detect any odors at all; or dysosmia, in which pleasant odors can smell foul or vice versa.

From New York Times