Word of the week: "anosmia." It is the loss of the sense of smell. The related "hyposmia" is a decrease in one's sense of smell. The condition is often diagnosed by physicians using scratch-and-sniff tests.
SWAT redundancy clarification: A recent column included "SWAT team" as a redundancy. Though many readers recognize "SWAT" as standing for "Special Weapons and Tactics," the acronym or ...
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