Diseases

Olfaction Disorders

Impaired ability to smell. This may be caused by OLFACTORY NERVE DISEASES; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASES; viral RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; SMOKING; and other conditions.

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Abstract

Impaired ability to smell. This may be caused by OLFACTORY NERVE DISEASES; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASES; viral RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; SMOKING; and other conditions.

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21 entry terms
  • Smell Disorders
  • Olfaction Disorder
  • Smell Disorder
  • Cacosmia
  • Dysosmia
  • Impaired Olfaction
  • Olfactory Impairment
  • Paraosmia
  • Parosmia
  • Phantosmia
  • Smell Dysfunction
  • Cacosmias
  • Dysfunction, Smell
  • Dysosmias
  • Impaired Olfactions
  • Impairment, Olfactory
  • Olfaction, Impaired
  • Olfactions, Impaired
  • Paraosmias
  • Parosmias
  • Phantosmias

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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2000(1963)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Olfaction Disorders. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000857. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000857
  2. Olfaction Disorders. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11419348