ozæna

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ozæna (countable and uncountable, plural ozænas)

  1. (UK, rare) Nonstandard spelling of ozaena.
    • 1923, Dan McKenzie, “Smell in Folk-Lore, Religion, and History”, in Aromatics and the Soul: A Study of Smells, William Heinemann (Medical Books), Ltd., page 78:
      The fœtor, as we say, was subjective, not objective, in which respect it differed from that of another historical personage, Benjamin Disraeli to wit, who was the subject probably of the disease known as ozæna.