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hyperosmia
[hahy-per-oz-mee-uh]
noun
Pathology.
an abnormally acute sense of smell.
hyperosmia
/ ˌɪəˈɒɪə /
noun
an abnormally acute sense of smell
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Other Word Forms
- hyperosmic adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hyperosmia1
1830–35; hyper- + Greek Dz(ḗ) “smell” + -ia -ia ( def. )
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hyperosmia1
C20: from hyper- + Greek Dzŧ odour
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Milne, a 72-year-old retired nurse from Perth, Scotland, has hereditary hyperosmia, a condition that endows people with a hypersensitivity to smell.
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Hyperosmia is an increase in the perception of smell, which rarely occurs in persons other than the hysteric and insane.
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