Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Fetid perspiration.
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- noun medicine
Fetid orfoul -smellingperspiration . Also calledosmidrosis .
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Examples
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Her last effort, about a Texan who killed his roommate after an argument over the decedent's foot odor, is noble indeed, and she even included the medical term bromidrosis, which surely earns her extra points.
BC Bowl: "If you like oral sex, vote for me" Sinfonian 2007
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Her last effort, about a Texan who killed his roommate after an argument over the decedent's foot odor, is noble indeed, and she even included the medical term bromidrosis, which surely earns her extra points.
Archive 2007-10-14 Sinfonian 2007
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Bromhidrosis or body odour also called bromidrosis, osmidrosis and ozochrotia is the smell of bacteria growing on the body.
Think Progress » O’Reilly: iPods Are Endangering America 2006
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Henry of Navarre was a victim of bromidrosis; proximity to him was insufferable to his courtiers and mistresses, who said that his odor was like that of carrion.
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Henry of Navarre was a victim of bromidrosis; proximity to him was insufferable to his courtiers and mistresses, who said that his odor was like that of carrion.
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#What parts are most commonly affected in bromidrosis?
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine Henry Weightman Stelwagon 1886
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That's right, the old ONA made it HARDER for people to invest their money into this neighborhood! bromidrosis (anonymous) says ...
LJWorld.com stories: News < 2010
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He should not be effeminate, indeed preferably normal: I did not exclude education, but did not want it, I could supply all that myself and in the loved one it always seemed to get in the way; he should admit me but no one else; he should be physically attractive to me and younger than myself — the younger the better, as closer to innocence; finally he should be on the small side, lusty, circumcised, physically healthy and clean: no phimosis, halitosis, bromidrosis .
Papa Was a Wise Old Sly-Boots Auden, W.H. 1969
whichbe commented on the word bromidrosis
The secretion of foul-smelling sweat; body odor. (From Lucifeous Logolepsy)
June 8, 2008
jmjarmstrong commented on the word bromidrosis
JM wonders how a brevirostrate person determines the level of their own bromidrosis
December 14, 2009