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fetor

or foe·tor

[fee-ter]
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noun

a strong, offensive smell; stench.

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RELATED WORDS

stink, smell, stench, reek, vapor, odor, gas, fumes, smog, pollution, mephitis, effluvium, redolence, funk, malodor, foulness

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  1. fetology,
  2. fetometry,
  3. fetopathy,
  4. fetoplacental,
  5. fetoprotein,
  6. fetor ex ore,
  7. fetor hepaticus,
  8. fetoscope,
  9. fetoscopic,
  10. fetoscopist

Origin of fetor

1475–1500; < Latin, equivalent to fēt- (stem of fētēre to stink) + -or -or1; replacing earlier fetour < Middle French < Latin fētōr-, stem of fētor
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British Dictionary definitions for fetor

fetor

foetor

noun

an offensive stale or putrid odour; stench

Word Origin for fetor

C15: from Latin, from fētēre to stink
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Word Origin and History for fetor

fetor

n.

"offensive smell," mid-15c., from Latin fetor, foetor, from fetere (see fetid).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Medicine definitions for fetor

fetor

[fē′tər, -tôr′]

n.

A very offensive odor.
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