bromidrosis

English

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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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Noun

bromidrosis (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) Fetid or foul-smelling perspiration.
    Synonyms: body odour, osmidrosis
    • 1885, Hugo Ziemssen, editor, Handbook of Diseases of the Skin, page 506:
      Thus I had under treatment a patient who otherwise did not show the least traces of bromhidrosis, but whenever he began to perspire more freely, as after eating and drinking heartily or by active exercise, so offensive an exhalation spread around him that he was forced to shun all social intercourse.

Indonesian

Etymology

From English bromidrosis.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /bromiˈdrosis/ [bro.miˈdro.sɪs]
  • Rhymes: -osis
  • Syllabification: bro‧mi‧dro‧sis

Noun

bromidrosis

  1. bromidrosis (fetid or foul-smelling perspiration)

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