anosmic
Lacking olfactory sense
Anosmic describes someone who lacks the sense of smell, either from birth or due to injury, illness, or aging.
The condition is anosmia.
Covid-19 brought the term into wider use, as many patients temporarily lost their ability to smell: I was anosmic for three weeks after getting sick.
Of the sense detecting odors
- sensory lossImpaired ability to perceive
- congenitalExisting from birth
- acquiredCame to possess
- neurologicalOf the nervous system
diagnosis · symptom · ENT · otolaryngologist · rhinitis · sinusitis · nasal polyps · head trauma
Having no smell
- unscentedHaving no added smell
- unawareLacking knowledge of something
- missingNot present, whereabouts unknown
- disconnectedSeparated from a source
tasteless · dangerous · gas leak · smoke · spoiled food · perfume · flowers · memory loss
Impairment affecting life activities
- invisibleCannot be seen
- communityCollective of connected people
- supportTo uphold or sustain
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
accommodation · disclosure · understanding · frustration · grief · acceptance · advocacy · rare
olfactory
Of the sense detecting odors
- sensory lossImpaired ability to perceive
- congenitalExisting from birth
- acquiredCame to possess
neurological · diagnosis · symptom · ENT · otolaryngologist · rhinitis · sinusitis · nasal polyps · head trauma · viral
odorless
Having no smell
- unscentedHaving no added smell
- unawareLacking knowledge of something
- missingNot present, whereabouts unknown
disconnected · tasteless · dangerous · gas leak · smoke · spoiled food · perfume · flowers · memory loss · isolation
disability
Impairment affecting life activities
awareness · accommodation · disclosure · understanding · frustration · grief · acceptance · advocacy · rare · condition