foetor

British

/ ˈfiːtə /

noun

a variant spelling of fetor

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Perfume from battlefields rising, up from the foetor arising.

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Gradually, passenger after passenger produced cigars; the aroma filled the coach, and the fragrance of the weed triumphed over the foetor of the polecat.

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Perfume from battlefields rising—up from foetor arising.

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The lips were dry, the tongue markedly coated; _foetor ex ore _was present; painful eructations were frequent, also singultus, complete anorexia and extreme thirst.

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