# Blind, deaf and ...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blind-deaf-and/353396>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 20, 2006, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blind-deaf-and/353396 "2006-04-20T00:29:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blind-deaf-and/353396/1 "2006-04-20T00:29:19Z")

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Sight is to blind as hearing is to deaf as smell is to … ?

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**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blind-deaf-and/353396/2 "2006-04-20T00:35:17Z")

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Anosmatic?

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**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blind-deaf-and/353396/3 "2006-04-20T01:05:54Z")

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Brilliant. Wow, six minutes. That’s what I call service. I love this place.

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blind-deaf-and/353396/4 "2006-04-20T01:22:02Z")

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The term is actually “anosmic.”