body odour

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body odour (countable and uncountable, plural body odours)

  1. (medicine, dermatology) The unpleasant smell produced by the human body, primarily resulting from the metabolic activity of skin bacteria on sweat secretions.
    Synonyms: BO (initialism), bromidrosis, osmidrosis, ozochrotia, fetid sweat

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