halitosis
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Coined by doctor Joseph William Howe in 1874 and described as being derived from the Latin hālitus (literally “whiff, breath”) and the Ancient Greek νόσος (nósos, literally “disease”). It can be also understood as combination of the Latin hālitus and the English suffix + -osis.
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Noun[edit]
halitosis (countable and uncountable, plural halitoses)
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Translations[edit]
condition of having foul-smelling breath
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Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
halitosis f (plural halitosis)
Further reading[edit]
- “halitosis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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