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halitosis

noun
/hæl.ɪˈtəʊ.sɪs/UK/hæl.ɪˈtoʊ.sɪs/US/hæl.ɪˈtəʉ.sɪs/

Etymology

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.

  1. derived from νόσος
  2. derived from hālitus

Definitions

  1. The condition of having stale or foul-smelling breath.

    • Bad breath or halitosis is an indication of a disturbed digestive system. It is indicative of a bowel toxemia in either the small or large intestine with an overgrowth of bacteria or yeast.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for halitosis. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA