MEANING
A distorted sense of smell in which a real odor is perceived differently, often unpleasantly.
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A familiar smell that suddenly seems wrong or foul.Use when a real scent is present but a character’s perception of it has changed.
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After the fever, coffee smelled like scorched rubber to him—a parosmia that made breakfast unbearable.
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