We all know that people who can’t hear are deaf, and that people who can’t see are blind. Is there a word or words for people who can’t smell, taste, or feel?
Dysosmia.
well, I thought the name of the condition was “anosmia” so the sufferer would be “anosmic”.
Covered by the Master:
What’s the term for people who can’t smell or taste?
It’s actually been covered twice, here’s another column: What is the term for people who lack the sense of taste? Tasteless?
I will probably hate myself for saying this in public, but it’s bothered me for years.
If you can’t smell, do you need a smelling-nose dog?
It seems like they’d be so well fitted for it.
Not being able to smell seems really odd at first thought, but it’s even stranger when you consider how much of your sense of taste is bound up with smelling. Someone who cannot smell also cannot taste properly. I’ve always imagined this disorder must exist, but never heard of anyone witbh it.
My dog has no nose.
How does he smell?
Awful.
A friend of mine has no sense of smell. He says if he’s ever trapped in a post-apocalyptic, Mad Max type world, he’s gonna raise skunks. Nobody would bother him.
That joke stinks.
Out of respect and consideration for those among us who (unfortunately) cannot smell, I think we need to use a more politically correct term which I therefore coined:
olfactorily challenged
Please refer to the poor people who can’t smell this way so they won’t have to be constantly confronted with their handicap.
My dad lost his sense of smell, due to sinus problems, and he could definitely use a smelling-nose dog. As it is, when I’m home from college, I become a smelling-nose daughter, and my mom does duty as a smelling-nose wife. It’s very much annoying to be called out to the garage and asked where the dead-rat smell is coming from.