Anosmia

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  anosmia \a*nos"mi*a\ ([a^]n*[o^]z"m[-e]*[.a]), n. [NL., fr. Gr.
     'an priv. + 'osmh` smell.] (Med.)
     Loss of the sense of smell. AS
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  anosmia
       n : absence of the sense of smell (as by damage to olfactory
           nasal tissue or the olfactory nerve or by obstruction of
           the nasal passages)