Etymology

anosmatic

anos·ma·tic
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Today it means: Lacking olfactory organs, and so having no sense of smell; anosmic. Full definition →

First used 19th c.French anosmatique
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  1. French · derived fromanosmatique“anosmatic”
  2. English todayanosmatic

From French anosmatique (“anosmatic”), coined by French anthropologist, anatomist and physician Pierre Paul Broca (1824–1880) in Revue d’Anthropologie (2nd Series), volume II, page 398); analysable as an- + osmatic.

First known use, by meaning

  • from 19th c. Lacking olfactory organs, and so having no sense of smell; anosmic.

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