bromopnea

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βρῶμος (brômos, “stink”) (see bromo-) + -pnea. Coined by William J. Lederer in 1907.[1]

Noun

bromopnea (uncountable)

  1. (medicine, dated) The condition of having bad breath.
    Synonym: halitosis
    • 1912, William Josephus Robinson, Sexual problems of to-day, page 254:
      There is no excuse for anybody […] to have a bad odor from the mouth […] The worst and most obstinate case of bromopnea can be cured if the causes are diligently sought for and properly treated.

References
  1. William J. Lederer (1908), “Fetid Breath ("Bromopnea")”, in Medical Record, volume 73, issue 2, page 58: “I beg to suggest the term "bromopnea", to express the symptom of fetid breath; this is derived from two Greek words, bromos, stench, and pnoe, breath.”

Italian

Noun

bromopnea f (plural bromopnee)

  1. halitosis
    Synonym: alitosi
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