Phantosmia is an English word. Below you'll find 2 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Phantosmia in a sentence
Phantosmia meaning
A form of parosmia involving olfactory hallucinations in which the perceived smell is triggered apparently without cause rather than by another smell.
Using Phantosmia
- The main meaning on this page is: A form of parosmia involving olfactory hallucinations in which the perceived smell is triggered apparently without cause rather than by another smell.
Context around Phantosmia
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 0 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Phantosmia
- In this selection, "phantosmia" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 21 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Recognizable usage signals include known as phantosmia and phantosmia is the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "phantosmia" sits close to words such as aabb, aabria and aacha, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with phantosmia
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Phantosmia is the medical word used by doctors when a person smells something that is not actually there. (18 words)
Some people also have a distorted sense of smell, a condition known as parosmia, or perceive odors that aren’t there, known as phantosmia. (24 words)
Some people also have a distorted sense of smell, a condition known as parosmia, or perceive odors that aren’t there, known as phantosmia. (24 words)
Phantosmia is the medical word used by doctors when a person smells something that is not actually there. (18 words)
Example sentences (2)
Some people also have a distorted sense of smell, a condition known as parosmia, or perceive odors that aren’t there, known as phantosmia.
Phantosmia is the medical word used by doctors when a person smells something that is not actually there.