parosmia UK /pəˈɹɒz.mɪ.ə/US /pəˈɹɑz.mi.ə/ noun1 •A distorted sense of smell, often resulting in the apparent detection of non-existent smells which are mostly unpleasant.The smell, too, is often perverted—Parosmia. The author was formerly acquainted with a lady, who scented her snuff with the tincture of assafoetida. — 1842 formsparosmias