halitosis

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• UK: /hæl.ɪˈtəʊ.sɪs/
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• US: /hæl.ɪˈtoʊ.sɪs/
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Coined by doctor Joseph William Howe in 1874 and described as being derived from the Latin hālitus (literally “whiff, breath”) and the Ancient Greek νόσος (nósos, literally “disease”). It can be also understood as combination of the Latin hālitus and the English suffix -osis.

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: بَخَر (baḵar) — condition of having foul-smelling breath
• Bulgarian: лош дъх (loš dǎh) — condition of having foul-smelling breath
• Catalan: halitosi — condition of having foul-smelling breath
• Chinese Mandarin: 口臭 (kǒuchòu) — condition of having foul-smelling breath
• Czech: halitóza — condition of having foul-smelling breath
• Danish: dårlig ånde — condition of having foul-smelling breath
• Danish: halitosis — condition of having foul-smelling breath
• Danish: foetor ex ore — condition of having foul-smelling breath
• Dutch: foetor ex ore — condition of having foul-smelling breath
• Esperanto: halitozo — condition of having foul-smelling breath
• Finnish: pahanhajuinen hengitys — condition of having foul-smelling breath
• Finnish: halitoosi — condition of having foul-smelling breath
• French: halitose — condition of having foul-smelling breath
• Galician: halitose — condition of having foul-smelling breath
• German: Mundgeruch — condition of having foul-smelling breath
• Greek: χαλίτωση (chalítosi) — condition of having foul-smelling breath
• Hebrew: באשת — condition of having foul-smelling breath
• Icelandic: andremma — condition of having foul-smelling breath
• Icelandic: andfýla — condition of having foul-smelling breath
• Italian: alitosi — condition of having foul-smelling breath
• Japanese: 口臭 (kōshū) — condition of having foul-smelling breath
• Korean: 구취 (guchwi) — condition of having foul-smelling breath
• Latin: fētor ēx ōre — condition of having foul-smelling breath
• Māori: hāpiro — condition of having foul-smelling breath
• Norwegian Bokmål: halitose — condition of having foul-smelling breath
• Norwegian Bokmål: dårlig ånde — condition of having foul-smelling breath
• Persian: بوی بد دهان — condition of having foul-smelling breath
• Persian: گندهدهانی (gande-dahâni) — condition of having foul-smelling breath
• Polish: halitoza — condition of having foul-smelling breath
• Portuguese: halitose — condition of having foul-smelling breath
• Russian: галито́з (galitóz) — condition of having foul-smelling breath
• Russian: неприя́тный за́пах и́зо рта́ (neprijátnyj zápax ízo rtá) — condition of having foul-smelling breath
• Spanish: halitosis — condition of having foul-smelling breath
• Swedish: dålig andedräkt — condition of having foul-smelling breath
• Swedish: foetor ex ore — condition of having foul-smelling breath
• Telugu: నోటి దుర్వాసన (nōṭi durvāsana) — condition of having foul-smelling breath
• Unami: alëtun — condition of having foul-smelling breath