osmo-, osmia-, osmi-, osm-, -osmia, -osmatic (smell) +

Don't confuse this osmo- word-unit with another osmo- unit meaning "impulse, thrust".

osmophilia

The love of or fondness for various odors.

osmophily

The attraction for certain smells or odors.

osmophobia

1. An abnormal fear of odors.
2. Pathological fear of (bad) odors.

osmophobia, ospheresiophobia; olfactophobia

An irrational dread of certain odors.

osmophore, osmophor

1. That part of a chemical which is responsible for the odor of the compound.
2. A group or radical that imparts odor to a compound.

osmoreceptor

A receptor in the brain that is sensitive to olfactory stimuli.

osmoscope

An instrument for detecting and for measuring odors.

osmosthesia

1. A sensitivity to odors.
2. The sense of smell; the ability to perceive and distinguish odors.

oxyosmia

An abnormal acuteness of the sense of smell; oxyosphresia

parosmia, paraosmia

A disorder of the sense of smell.

pseudosmia

1. A subjective or false sensation of an odor that is not present.
2. A sensation of odor without the appropriate stimulus.

Inter-related cross references, directly or indirectly, involving word units meaning "smell, odor": arom-; brom-; odor-, odori-; olfacto-; osphresio-; ozon-.

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