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Definition of halitosis in English: halitosisnoun ˌhalɪˈtəʊsɪsˌhæləˈtoʊsəs technical term for bad breath Example sentencesExamples - Don't be too concerned if you haven't been invited, probably just means my nearest and dearest can't stand you or your rancid halitosis.
- The bacteria that occur naturally in your mouth react with the oil in the garlic, causing the halitosis or ‘garlic breath’ reaction.
- Although not mentioned in the report, it's suspected that the drug causes 100 percent of the halitosis in Turkmenistan.
- I have to admit he didn't find the halitosis easy to live with.
- As I felt unprepared for an even closer look at him, and even less inclined to take in the halitosis and BO that no doubt accompanied his cosmetic unpleasantness, I strenuously endeavoured to decline his invitation.
Derivativesadjective However, the eradication double therapy that eliminated the H. pylori may also have eliminated other, established halitotic bacteria. Example sentencesExamples - I'll add this to my older people's services rant and blast them in a halitotic gust of rage.
- But if you want to breakfast on it just make sure you stay out of the halitotic radius.
- I'll leave the work of civilizing this horror-soaked generation of hellraisers to the halitotic hard-cases who can handle it.
- Don't these people know that such diets can make you cranky, halitotic, flatulent and five times more likely to be audited by the IRS?
OriginLate 19th century: from Latin halitus 'breath' + -osis. Rhymesapotheosis, chlorosis, cirrhosis, diagnosis, hypnosis, kenosis, meiosis, metempsychosis, misdiagnosis, mononucleosis, myxomatosis, necrosis, neurosis, osmosis, osteoporosis, prognosis, psittacosis, psychosis, sclerosis, symbiosis, thrombosis, toxoplasmosis, trichinosis, tuberculosis Definition of halitosis in US English: halitosisnounˌhæləˈtoʊsəsˌhaləˈtōsəs technical term for bad breath Example sentencesExamples - Although not mentioned in the report, it's suspected that the drug causes 100 percent of the halitosis in Turkmenistan.
- Don't be too concerned if you haven't been invited, probably just means my nearest and dearest can't stand you or your rancid halitosis.
- I have to admit he didn't find the halitosis easy to live with.
- As I felt unprepared for an even closer look at him, and even less inclined to take in the halitosis and BO that no doubt accompanied his cosmetic unpleasantness, I strenuously endeavoured to decline his invitation.
- The bacteria that occur naturally in your mouth react with the oil in the garlic, causing the halitosis or ‘garlic breath’ reaction.
OriginLate 19th century: from Latin halitus ‘breath’ + -osis. |