An exaggerated or abnormally acute sense of smell. SYN: olfactory hyperesthesia, hyperesthesia olfactoria. [hyper- + G. osme, sense of smell]
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hy·per·os·mia .hī-pə-'räz-mē-ə n extreme acuteness of the sense of smell
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n.
an abnormally acute sense of smell.
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hy·per·os·mia (hi″pər-ozґme-ə) [hyper- + osm-1 + -ia] a parosmia involving increased sensitivity of smell; called also olfactory hyperesthesia.Medical dictionary. 2011.