Tom has halitosis and his friends are reluctant to get too close to him.
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Halitosis
//hæl.ɪˈtoʊ.sɪs//
Synonyms for "halitosis" (27 found)
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Related words (13)
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32 translations across 26 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- بَخَر noun (condition of having foul-smelling breath)
Bulgarian
1 entries- лош дъх noun (condition of having foul-smelling breath)
Catalan
1 entries- halitosi noun (condition of having foul-smelling breath)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 口臭 noun (condition of having foul-smelling breath)
Czech
1 entries- halitóza noun (condition of having foul-smelling breath)
Dutch
1 entries- foetor ex ore noun (condition of having foul-smelling breath)
Esperanto
1 entries- halitozo noun (condition of having foul-smelling breath)
Finnish
2 entries- halitoosi noun (condition of having foul-smelling breath)
- pahanhajuinen hengitys noun (condition of having foul-smelling breath)
French
1 entries- halitose noun (condition of having foul-smelling breath)
Galician
1 entries- halitose noun (condition of having foul-smelling breath)
German
1 entries- Mundgeruch noun (condition of having foul-smelling breath)
Hebrew
1 entries- באשת noun (condition of having foul-smelling breath)
Icelandic
2 entries- andfýla noun (condition of having foul-smelling breath)
- andremma noun (condition of having foul-smelling breath)
Italian
1 entries- alitosi noun (condition of having foul-smelling breath)
Japanese
1 entries- 口臭 noun (condition of having foul-smelling breath)
Korean
1 entries- 구취 noun (condition of having foul-smelling breath)
Latin
1 entries- fētor ēx ōre noun (condition of having foul-smelling breath)
Māori
1 entries- hāpiro noun (condition of having foul-smelling breath)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- dårlig ånde noun (condition of having foul-smelling breath)
- halitose noun (condition of having foul-smelling breath)
Persian
2 entries- بوی بد دهان noun (condition of having foul-smelling breath)
- گندهدهانی noun (condition of having foul-smelling breath)
Polish
1 entries- cuchnący oddech noun (condition of having foul-smelling breath)
Portuguese
1 entries- halitose noun (condition of having foul-smelling breath)
Russian
2 entries- галито́з noun (condition of having foul-smelling breath)
- неприя́тный за́пах и́зо рта́ noun (condition of having foul-smelling breath)
Spanish
1 entries- halitosis noun (condition of having foul-smelling breath)
Swedish
2 entries- dålig andedräkt noun (condition of having foul-smelling breath)
- foetor ex ore noun (condition of having foul-smelling breath)
Telugu
1 entries- నోటి దుర్వాసన noun (condition of having foul-smelling breath)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
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.
Source: wiktionary
For example, the word halitosis was almost completely unknown among the general public until the early 20th century when a business owner named Gerard Lambert started using it to sell a new product called Listerine. By giving a mundane fact of life (bad breath) a scientific sounding label, Lambert elevated the authority and desirability of his product many times over.
Source: wiktionary
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