halitus

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The place, by the by, was very stuffy and oppressive, and the faint halitus of freshly shed blood was in the air.

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  1. In physiology, the breath; also, the vapor exhaled in the cavities of a living and warm body, so long as the blood is warm.
  2. Halitus of the blood (sanguinis), the odorous vapor exhaled by newly drawn blood.

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  1. Latin, from halare, breathe: see inhale, exhale.
 

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