DYSOMIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dysomia mean? 

• DYSOMIA (noun)
  The noun DYSOMIA has 1 sense:

1. impairment of the sense of smell

  Familiarity information: DYSOMIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DYSOMIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Impairment of the sense of smell

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("dysomia" is a kind of...):

disability; disablement; handicap; impairment (the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dysomia"):

anosmia (absence of the sense of smell (as by damage to olfactory nasal tissue or the olfactory nerve or by obstruction of the nasal passages))

hyposmia (lessened sensitivity to odors)