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  2. Dysosmia - Wikipedia

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    Odor identity, quality, and familiarity are mainly deciphered by the piriform cortex. Consciousness of smell is achieved by projections from the piriform cortex to the medial dorsal nucleus of the thalamus and to the orbitofrontal cortex, which the secondary olfactory cortex is part of.

  3. Odor - Wikipedia

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    An odor (American English) or odour (Commonwealth English; see spelling differences) is a smell or a scent caused by one or more volatilized chemical compounds generally found in low concentrations that humans and many animals can perceive via their olfactory system.

  4. Fetor - Wikipedia

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    Fetor (occasionally foetor [1]) refers to a foul or unpleasant odor emanating from an individual. [2] [3] Specific types include: fetor oris, another term for halitosis; fetor hepaticus; uremic fetor; body odor; rectal fetor

  5. Medical dictionary - Wikipedia

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    Definition page from Amy Pope's 'A medical dictionary for nurses' (1914) A medical dictionary is a lexicon for words used in medicine. The four major medical dictionaries in the United States are Mosby's Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing & Health Professions, Stedman's, Taber's, and Dorland's. Other significant medical dictionaries are ...

  6. List of medical roots, suffixes and prefixes - Wikipedia

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    Second, medical roots generally go together according to language, i.e., Greek prefixes occur with Greek suffixes and Latin prefixes with Latin suffixes. Although international scientific vocabulary is not stringent about segregating combining forms of different languages, it is advisable when coining new words not to mix different lingual roots.

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

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    Sweat and body odor are typically thought to go hand in hand, but experts say it's a little more complicated than that. Sweat alone doesn't have a smell, according to Harvard Health.

  8. 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 ...

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