单词 | anosmic |
释义 | anosmicadj.n. Chiefly Pathol. A. adj. Affected with anosmia; having no sense of smell. Also (Zool.), lacking olfactory organs, anosmatic. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [adjective] > having a snout > lacking olfactory organs anosmatic1890 anosmic1973 1875 T. S. Watson Dis. Nose xiv. 359 Anosmic individuals should be aware that they run great risks in regard to sewer emanations and other poisonous effluvia. 1926 Jrnl. Exper. Psychol. 9 407 Subject Y is anosmic; and his anosmia is probably complete. 1955 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 31 Dec. 1722/2 We assembled the normal controls and the anosmic patients in three separate groups. 1973 Sci. Amer. Apr. 97/2 Both the blind fish and the anosmic ones exhibited a reduced ability to find the river. B. n. An anosmic person. ΚΠ 1929 Amer. Jrnl. Physiol. 88 620 The subjects of these experiments were normal individuals, an anosmic and selected hospital patients under light ether anesthesia. 1938 N. & Q. 22 Jan. 68/1 Wordsworth was not an anosmic. 1955 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 31 Dec. 1722/2 On most occasions, when the test food was correctly identified either by an anosmic or by a normal control, the subject declared that he could perceive the flavor. 1973 Nature 23 Mar. 271/2 This complex fruity odour screened out any general anosmics having little or no sense of smell. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1997; most recently modified version published online November 2010). < adj.n.1875 |
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