Cacosmia may refer to:
* Cacosmia, a form of the disorder
dysosmia
Dysosmia is a disorder described as any qualitative alteration or distortion of the perception of smell. Qualitative alterations differ from quantitative alterations, which include anosmia and hyposmia. Dysosmia can be classified as either paro ...
, or more specifically
parosmia
Parosmia (from the Greek παρά ''pará'' and ὀσμή ''osmḗ'' "smell") is a dysfunctional smell detection characterized by the inability of the brain to correctly identify an odor's "natural" smell. Instead, the natural odor is usually tr ...
, characterised by an unpleasant smell sensation
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Cacosmia (plant)
''Cacosmia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. The genus is native to South America.
The genus name is derived from the Greek ''kakos'' ("bad, ugly") and -''osma'' ("smell, stink, fragrant odour, scent, perfume").
; Spec ...
, a genus of flowering plants
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