单词 | halitosis |
释义 | halitosis Med.|hælɪˈtəʊsɪs| [mod.L., f. L. halitus breath + -osis.] An abnormally odorous condition of the breath; foul breath.
1874J. W. Howe Breath & Dis. i. 20 Chronic poisoning from lead, arsenic, or mercury, may also be enumerated as a common cause of halitosis. 1928Punch 17 Oct. 427/1, I shall become a mere mass of degenerate tissues, and flaccid muscles,..with probably a touch of halitosis and lethargy. 1934S. Robertson Develop. Mod. Eng. (1936) xi. 447 Thus halitosis, the happy discovery of purveyors of mouth-washes, has found a wider usefulness, and bad breath is taboo. 1957Times Lit. Suppl. 12 July 426/4 The dismissed Mulcahy, sadly proud of his porous complexion, bad teeth and occasional morning halitosis. |

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