Yesterday's word lead us by the nose to today's word. Literally.

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DEFINITION:

Adjective

1. having an abnormally keen sense of smell

SYNONYMS:
hyperosmia

ANTONYMS:
hyposmia
anosmia

ETYMOLOGY/ORIGIN:
Latin
Late 19th century. From (macro- "large" + osmatic "odor")

PRONUNCIATION:
mak-.räz-'mat-ik
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SCRABBLE SCORE:
19
However, it is not an official Scrabble word!

USAGE/EXAMPLES:

For olfaction, there has been a traditional divide between microsmatic and macrosmatic animals.

--21st Century Psychology: A Reference Handbook, Volume 1
edited by Stephen F. Davis and William Buskist, 2008

Turner proposed to arrange the Mammalia in three groups as macrosmatic, microsmatic, and anosmatic according to “the development of the olfactory apparatus,” “the organs of smell” (1890—1891, p. 106).

--Evolution of the Horse Brain
by Tilly Edinger, 1948

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If someone is MACROSMATIC, does that mean that they smell good??

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