If you're blind, you can't see. If you're deaf, you can't hear. So what do you call someone who can't smell?

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AdamM7

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An anosmic. If you have a bad sense of smell, but can still smell a bit, you are called a hyposmiac.

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Jan 05 2012, 2:40 PM

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Anosmic. Anosmia is what you have if you can't smell so you would be anosmic.

Jan 05 2012, 2:40 PM

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"Anosmia" is the inability to perceive odors. A person with no sense of smell is said to be "anosmic".

Jan 05 2012, 2:45 PM