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These are the names applied to the various abnormalities concerning the sense of smell.

Anosmia - a complete loss of smell.

Hyposmia - partial loss of smell.

Dysosmia - distortion in odour perception (includes parosmia & phantosmia).

Parosmia - distortion of perception of external stimulus.

Phantosmia - smell perception with no external stimulus.

Hyperosmia - enhanced smell sensitivity.

Currently, knowledge and understanding about the sense of smell is limited, although the past two decades has seen some encouraging results.

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