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bromopnea

English

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek βρῶμος (brômos, “stink”) (see bromo-) + -pnea. Coined by William J. Lederer in 1907.[1]

Noun

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bromopnea (uncountable)

  1. (medicine, dated) The condition of having bad breath.
    Synonym: halitosis
    • 1912, William Josephus Robinson, Sexual problems of to-day, page 254:
      There is no excuse for anybody […] to have a bad odor from the mouth […] The worst and most obstinate case of bromopnea can be cured if the causes are diligently sought for and properly treated.

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  1. ^ William J. Lederer (1908) “Fetid Breath ("Bromopnea")”, in Medical Record, volume 73, number 2, page 58: “I beg to suggest the term "bromopnea", to express the symptom of fetid breath; this is derived from two Greek words, bromos, stench, and pnoe, breath.”

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Noun

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bromopnea f (plural bromopnee)

  1. halitosis
    Synonym: alitosi
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