anosmia
Meaningwithout smell
Common meaning: loss of smell
- annot, without (Greek ἀ-/ἀν-)Liddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. · scan
- osma smellLiddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. 1083 · scan
- ianoun ending (Latin/Greek) for a field or condition
‘not, without (Greek ἀ-/ἀν-)’ + ‘a smell’ → anosmia
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Greek ὀσμή ‘a smell’.
Roots
- ὀσμή Greek “a smell”
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