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foetor

/ ˈfiːtə /

noun

  1. See fetor
    a variant spelling of fetor


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He adds, from some other source of information, that children had generally clammy sweats upon them, with foetor of the breath.

And from it came a smell of such monstrous foetor that any man, smelling it, would gag and flee even without fear to urge him on.

Some had foetor of the breath as an early symptom, but others had it not.

The "Foetor Judaiicus" must be noticeable also to have deserved the term.

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