Bromidrosis

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Fetid or foul-smelling perspiration. uncountable

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βρῶμος (brômos, “foul-smelling”) + ῑ̔δρώς (hīdrṓs, “sweat”) + -ωσῐς (-ōsĭs, “condition”), a Neo-Classical compound meaning the condition of foul-smelling sweating.

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