aromo-, arom- +

1. An odor arising from spices, plants, cooking, etc.; especially, an agreeable odor; fragrance.
2. A smell; especially, a pleasant one.
3. A subtle impression or quality; such as, an aroma of scandal.

A term used for treatment of illness and maintenance of general physical health using essential oils distilled from such plants as camomile, camphor, peppermint, rosemary, lavender, and eucalyptus.

Such treatments were known in ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, and other civilizations, while early Arabian physicians developed the distillation of aromatic oils through experiments in alchemy.

The term aromatherapy derives from the writings of the French chemist Rene-Maurice Gattefosse, whose book Aromatherpie was published in 1928. Aromatherapy is more than simply a department of herbalism, since it postulates subtle energies of aromatic plants related to life force, which can be correlated with ancient Chinese concepts of Yin and Yang.

1. Having a pleasant smell.
2. Having an agreeable, somewhat pungent, spicy odor.

Pertaining to, or containing, aroma; fragrant; spicy; strong-scented; having an agreeable odor; odoriferous; such as, aromatic balsam.

1. The quality or state of being aromatic.
2. In chemistry, the property of being or resembling any of the aromatic compounds.

1. Having aromas; fragrants or sweet-smelling herbs.
2. Aromatic plants or substances; such as, medications.

The conversion into one or more aromatic (fragrant) compounds.

1. Someone who, or that which, aromatizes, or renders, aromatic.
2. That which communicates an aromatic quality.

1. Having a spicy odor.
2. Containing aroma, or the principle of fragrance.