Parathyroid Gland (Definition) There are four pea sized parathyroid glands located behind your thyroid gland, two on each side. These glands secrete a hormone which is resonsible for your calcium balance. These glands can enlarge to secrete too much hormone causing symptoms and sometimes requiring surgical intervention.
Anosmia (/aenËÉzmiÉ/) Ã¦nËÉzmiÉ is the inability to perceive odor or a lack of functioning âolfaction the loss of the sense of. smell
Answer by Christam. Confidence votes 10. Anosmia is the lack of olfaction, or a loss of the sense of smell. It can be either temporary or permanent. A related term, hyposmia refers to a decrease in the ability to smell.Some people may be anosmic for one particular odor.This is called specific anosmia and may be genetically based. person who has a flue cannot smell because they have a really stuffy nose and sometimes the smelling nerve can sometimes get weak. they sometimes also find the food less tas â¦ ty because because all the flu and virus there is inside your body blocks the taste nerves. 2 people found this useful.