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Definition of Foetor
1. Noun. A distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant.
Generic synonyms: Odor, Odour, Olfactory Perception, Olfactory Sensation, Smell
Specialized synonyms: Niff, Pong
Derivative terms: Mephitic, Reek, Stink, Stinky
Definition of Foetor
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of fœtor) ¹
2. Noun. (nonstandard spelling of fetor) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Foetor
1. fetor [n -S] - See also: fetor
Lexicographical Neighbors of Foetor
Literary usage of Foetor
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lectures on Clinical Medicine: Delivered at the Hôtel-Dieu, Paris by Armand Trousseau, Pierre Victor Bazire, John Rose Cormack (1870)
"... but the causes of the foetor are so different, and the proper treatment so
varied, that I cannot allow the occasion to pass without taking a short ..."
2. A Text-book of practical therapeutics by Hobart Amory Hare (1894)
"... of the feet (excessive sweating with foetor) salicylic acid may be dusted over
the parts, or the following powder used: 8. — Apply to the feet. ..."
3. The Diseases of the Nose, Mouth, Pharynx and Larynx: A Textbook for Students by Alfred Bruck (1910)
"On examining, one must see that the mouth is kept shut in order to exclude
mouth-foetor (foetor ex ore) from concretions in the tonsils or carious teeth, ..."
4. Lands of the Slave and the Free: Or, Cuba, the United States, and Canada by Henry Anthony Murray (1857)
"Gradually, passenger after passenger produced cigars ; the aroma filled the coach,
and the fragrance of the weed triumphed over the foetor of the polecat. ..."
5. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1882)
"It is sui generis, and to recognise it it must have been smelt. It may, however,
vary in degree. To what is this foetor due ? It is not due to inflammation, ..."
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