fetor

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By the use of this the ulcers will quickly heal; the fetor will be removed, and the deposition of the tartar prevented.

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  1. noun An offensive odor; a stench. See Synonyms at stench.

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  • The fetor was so rank it transcended mere malodor and reeked to low hell. —  Up In A Heaval
  • Feces, flies, and fetor: findings from a Peruvian shantytown. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • He saw blue snouts blossom between the planks and nuzzle the sunlight, twitching at the fetor of seaweed that lay scrapped on the beach in black, wormy festoons. —  VQR
  • He can then be assailed with safety, but as his breath is a horrible fetor, a spice (of caution) should be used in approaching him. —  Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 12, June 18, 1870
  • If there have been any previous ulcerations, or the slightest fetor, the mouth should he frequently washed with a diluted solution of the chloride of lime; one part of the saturated solution, and eleven of water. —  The Dog
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  1. Middle English fetoure, from Latin fētor, from fētēre, to stink.

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  1. Latin, less correctly fœtor, fœtor, a stench, from fetere, stink: see fetid.
 

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