fetor
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of fetor
1475–1500; < Latin, equivalent to fēt- (stem of fētēre to stink) + -or -or 1; replacing earlier fetour < Middle French < Latin fētōr-, stem of fētor
Example Sentences
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The exam room bears an odor; it’s a musty sweetness, not unpleasant, but one that I know well — fetor hepaticus, a sign of severe liver disease.
From Washington Post
Yes, it’s August, in all its fire and fetor, and maybe you’d rather be at the beach.
From New York Times
There is none of that soreness and disorganization between the back part of the toes, and none of that peculiar fetor which distinguishes the hoof-ail, with which disease it is sometimes confounded.
From Project Gutenberg
When applied locally, it promptly arrests fetor by arresting directly the gangrenous process, and thus lessens risk from absorption.
From Project Gutenberg
There is not that degree of fetor in the fæces, in diarrhœa, which takes place in dysentery. 6th.
From Project Gutenberg
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