halitosis

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n. (呼出的)恶臭, 口臭 [医] 口臭

发音

UK /hæl.ɪˈtəʊ.sɪs/
其它
US /hæl.ɪˈtoʊ.sɪs/
AU /hæl.ɪˈtəʉ.sɪs/

词形变化

halitoses 复数 halitoses

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The condition of having stale or foul-smelling breath.

    口臭

    可数 不可数 医学

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

exhalation halitus

词源

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.

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