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hyposmia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hy-pos-mia
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A reduced ability to smell and to detect odors.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὑπο- (hupo-, “under”) + ὀσμή (osmḗ, “smell”), equivalent to hypo- + -osmia.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

hyposmias (plural)

Derived Forms

hyposmic

Frequently Paired Words

anosmia parosmia

Antonyms

hyperosmia

Questions

What does hyposmia mean?
A reduced ability to smell and to detect odors.
Where does hyposmia come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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