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Topic: ILLNESS AND DISABILITY

Date: 1800-1900
Language: Modern Latin
Origin: Latin halitus 'breath'

halitosis

 noun
     
hal‧i‧to‧sis [uncountable] technical
MI a condition in which someone's breath smells very bad [= bad breath]
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