How to Use anosmia in a Sentence

anosmia

noun
  • Halstead has made some casual attempts to find the cause of his anosmia.
    — Pamela Wood, baltimoresun.com, 12 Aug. 2021
  • Others say their anosmia has lasted for months and doesn’t seem to be improving.
    — Sara Harrison, Wired, 25 Sep. 2020
  • And, as she's seen over the years in the field, for a small number of people anosmia can be permanent.
    — Beth Shapouri, Allure, 17 Nov. 2020
  • What did the team learn about the details of the mechanism that underlies anosmia?
    — Robin Lloyd, Scientific American, 7 Feb. 2022
  • The degree of anosmia (loss of smell) was confirmed through an olfactory test.
    — William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022
  • Dysgeusia refers to a distorted sense of taste; anosmia is smell blindness.
    — Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 30 Apr. 2020
  • In many of the cases, anosmia, as it's called, appeared before other symptoms.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 28 Apr. 2020
  • But to do that, clinicians need more data on the role anosmia might play in Covid-19.
    — Erin Brodwin, STAT, 23 Mar. 2020
  • Scientists know little about how the virus causes persistent anosmia or how to cure it.
    — New York Times, 2 Jan. 2021
  • However, anosmia, the term for complete loss of the sense of smell, was only found in one-quarter of the patients.
    — Mark Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2020
  • If there is anosmia, then someone is not completely asymptomatic, Geng wrote.
    — Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 2 May 2022
  • Those with anosmia, or partial loss of taste and smell, on the other hand, can sometimes taste hints of basic flavors, like salt, lemon and sugar.
    — Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2021
  • Because many people are unaware of their anosmia, testing would be even better than asking, Reed said.
    — Sharon Begley, STAT, 2 July 2020
  • Loss of smell, or anosmia, occurs in people with either mild or acute coronavirus infections.
    — Lauren Caruba, ExpressNews.com, 11 Jan. 2021
  • The likelihood patients with long-term anosmia recover their sense of smell isn’t very optimistic.
    — Rasha Aridi, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Nov. 2021
  • In contrast, other researchers have found a lower prevalence of anosmia among sicker patients.
    — Greg Miller, Discover Magazine, 19 May 2020
  • People with anosmia may continue to perceive basic tastes — salty, sour, sweet, bitter and umami.
    — New York Times, 2 Jan. 2021
  • Smell loss, or anosmia, is such a prevalent symptom of Covid-19 it can be used for diagnosis.
    — Stephanie Feuer, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Sep. 2020
  • Nearly half of those surveyed reported experiencing anosmia, a loss of the sense of smell, or ageusia, the loss of taste.
    — oregonlive, 31 Mar. 2020
  • The condition is called anosmia, and its connection to the virus has been known among medical communities for months.
    — Aj Willingham, CNN, 19 May 2020
  • Thirty percent of patients tested in South Korea had anosmia as their most notable symptom in mild cases.
    — oregonlive, 31 Mar. 2020
  • Researchers think this condition, known in the medical world as anosmia (or loss of the ability to smell), could be a beacon for diagnosis.
    — Popular Science, 24 Mar. 2020
  • Overall, the loss of smell -- called anosmia -- emerged early on in the pandemic as a possible Covid-19 symptom.
    — Naomi Thomas, CNN, 1 Oct. 2020
  • Persistent loss of smell, or anosmia, as experts call it, is one of long covid's strangest symptoms -- and researchers may be one step closer to figuring it out what causes it and how to fix it.
    — Arkansas Online, 25 Dec. 2022
  • Researchers at a hospital in San Diego found that people with anosmia were much less likely to be hospitalized than others with the disease.
    — Tara Santora, Popular Science, 11 Dec. 2020
  • Studies have suggested that anosmia, the medical term of the condition, is a better predictor of whether someone has the virus than other symptoms such as cough or fever.
    — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 23 Jan. 2022
  • Social media users claim to have a recipe that will restore senses for those who are experiencing a loss of taste or anosmia, a temporary loss of smell, after contracting the virus.
    — Mckenzie Sadeghi, USA TODAY, 28 Dec. 2020
  • In the meantime, if the brain is able to compensate for the lack of an olfactory bulb, the team suggests doctors should start screening children for anosmia, or the lack of the ability to smell.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 7 Nov. 2019
  • Studies confirm that many, if not most, Covid-19 patients say their sense of smell is affected -- a condition called anosmia or hyposmia.
    — Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 25 June 2021
  • Never mind, as theTimes points out, the irony of releasing a scented shirt that can only be smelled at close proximity in a year when social distancing is vogue and anosmia is trending.
    — Eamon Barrett, Fortune, 3 Nov. 2020

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