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phantosmias

phantosmias is the plural of phantosmia.

Meaning of phantosmia

Noun

phantosmia (countable and uncountable, plural phantosmias)

  1. A form of parosmia involving olfactory hallucinations in which the perceived smell is triggered apparently without cause rather than by another smell.
    • In addition, phantosmias or, in essence, olfactory hallucinations have been described in association with seizure activity, psychiatric illness, and Alzheimer's Disease.1997, Allen M. Seiden, Taste and Smell Disorders, page 5

Questions about phantosmias

What is phantosmias the plural of?
Phantosmias is the plural of phantosmia.

Words near phantosmias in the dictionary

  1. phantoscopes
  2. phantosm
  3. phantosme
  4. phantosmes
  5. phantosmia
  6. phantosmias
  7. phantosmic
  8. phantosmics
  9. phantosms
  10. Phaophi
  11. phaora

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