halitosis.
The condition of having stale or foul-smelling breath.
Meaning & usage
The condition of having stale or foul-smelling breath.
Where this word comes from
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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