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parosmia n

(pathology) A distorted sense of smell, often resulting in the apparent detection of non-existent smells which are mostly unpleasant. Three years ago on 11 March 2020, the World Health Organization declared coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) to be a pandemic.

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