English Explanatory Dictionary

phantosmia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A form of parosmia involving olfactory hallucinations in which the perceived smell is triggered apparently without cause rather than by another smell.

Word forms

phantosmia phantosmias

Etymology

* Blend of phantom (from Ancient Greek φάντασμα (phántasma)) and Ancient Greek ὀσμή (osmḗ, “smell”).

Related words

anosmia cacosmia dysosmia euosmia hyperosmia hyposmia parosmia troposmia
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