Terms Used To Describe Assorted Dysfunctions of The Senses of Smell and of Taste
Prefixes.
A- or An- : Without
Caco- : bad, vile
Dys- : Impaired
Heter- or Hetero- : different (opposite of homo)
Hyper- : greater than normal
Hyp- or Hypo- : less than normal
Nor- or Norm-: normal
Par- or Para- : faulty (distorted)
Phant- : hallucinatory
Stems.
Geusia: sense of taste
Osmia: Sense of smell
Put them together to produce words I have seen others use.
Anosmia -- no sense of smell
Cacosmia -- inappropriate perception of vile odors, including coprosmia (smelling feces) and necrosmia (the smell of death)
Dysosmia -- any impairment of the sense of smell, but this term is usually used to describe distortions of smell such as Cacosmia, Parosmia, Phantosmia, Heterosmia, and Olfactory Agnosia (inability to interpret, classify, or contrast odors, despite being able to detect odors)
Heterosmia - Inability to distinguish between certain odors
Hyperosmia -- overly acute sense of smell
Hyposmia -- diminished sense of smell
Normosmia -- normal sense of smell
Parosmia -- distorted sense of smell
Phantosmia -- olfactory hallucinations
Ageusia -- no sense of taste
Cacogeusia -- bad taste in the mouth
Dysgeusia -- any impairment of the sense of taste
Heterogeusia - Inability to distinguish between tastes