osphresio-, osphresi- +
(Greek: to smell; pertaining to odor or to the sense of smell)
anosmia, anosphresia
Loss or absence of the sense of smell.
hyperosphresia, hyperosmia
An exaggerated or abnormally acute sense of smell.
hyposphresia, hyposmia
A diminished sense of smell.
olfactophobia; osmophobia, osphresiophobia
1. An extreme hatred or fear of having certain odors.
2. A morbid fear of odors.
osphresia, osphresis
The sense of smell.
osphresiolagnia
1. Erotic excitement produced by odors.
2. Paraphilic interest in body odors, often associated with infantile sexuality. The person with the paraphilia is called an
osphresiolagniac.
Some patients develop the delusion that their bodies send out disagreeable or harmful odors, or that others are forcing evil body odors upon them.
osphresiolagnic
A reference to erotic excitement produced by odors.
osphresiologic
A reference to the study of odors and the sense of smells.
osphresiology
1. The science of odors and the sense of smell.
2. The study of odors, their productions, and their effects.
osphresiometer
An apparatus for measuring the acuteness of the sense of smell.
osphresiometry
Measuring the acuteness of the sense of smell.
osphresiophilia
Morbid attraction to, or an unusual interest in, odors and smells.
osphresiophobia
1. An extreme fear of bodily odors, either one's own or that of others.
2. A pathological fear of bad odors or of being contaminated by them.
osphresis
The sense of smell.
osphretic
A reference to the sense of smell or odors.
Inter-related cross references, directly or indirectly, involving word units meaning "smell, odor":
arom-;
brom-;
odor-, odori-;
olfacto-;
osmo-;
ozon-.
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