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  2. Odor - Wikipedia

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    b is the intercept constant (0.5 by definition). [31] Odor intensity can be expressed using an odor intensity scale, which is a verbal description of an odor sensation to which a numerical value is assigned. [31] Odor intensity can be divided into the following categories according to intensity: 0 – no odor 1 – very weak (odor threshold) 2 ...

  3. Phantosmia - Wikipedia

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    Phantosmia (phantom smell), also called an olfactory hallucination or a phantom odor, [1] is smelling an odor that is not actually there. This hallucination is intrinsically suspicious as the formal evaluation and detection of relatively low levels of odour particles is itself a very tricky task in air epistemology.

  4. Body odor - Wikipedia

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    Body odor or body odour (BO) is present in all animals and its intensity can be influenced by many factors (behavioral patterns, survival strategies).Body odor has a strong genetic basis, but can also be strongly influenced by various factors, such as sex, diet, health, and medication. [1]

  5. How to get rid of body odor, according to medical experts - AOL

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    Body odor can be a major source of anxiety. Here's how to get rid of it — and what it might indicate if these tips don't help. ... Hyperhidrosis, the medical term for excessive sweating, could ...

  6. Why does my sneeze smell bad? An expert explains - AOL

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    One Redditor likened the odor of their sneezes to “metal and chemicals,” and another to “musk and dead animal.” (Lovely.) Some speculated that a stanky sneeze indicated a sinus infection ...

  7. Anosmia - Wikipedia

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    The term derives from the Neo-Latin anosmia, based on Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-) + ὀσμή (osmḗ 'smell'; another related term, hyperosmia, refers to an increased ability to smell). Some people may be anosmic for one particular odor, a condition known as "specific anosmia". The absence of the sense of smell from birth is known as congenital ...

  8. What actually causes body odor? - AOL

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    The human body has two types of sweat glands.

  9. Sense of smell - Wikipedia

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    The Lady and the Unicorn, a Flemish tapestry depicting the sense of smell, 1484–1500. Musée national du Moyen Âge, Paris.. Early scientific study of the sense of smell includes the extensive doctoral dissertation of Eleanor Gamble, published in 1898, which compared olfactory to other stimulus modalities, and implied that smell had a lower intensity discrimination.