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Synonyms for fetor

Grammar : Noun
Spell : fee-ter
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfi tər

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Définition of fetor

Origin :
  • "offensive smell," mid-15c., from Latin fetor, foetor, from fetere (see fetid).
  • As in miasma : noun effluvium
  • As in reek : noun strong odor
  • As in stench : noun foul odor
  • As in stink : noun bad smell
Example sentences :
  • The fetor of the skin, so characteristic of the negro, is not found in the Bushman.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 » by Various
  • Fetor of the breath, the perspiration and the skin are likewise noticeable.
  • Extract from : « Gilbertus Anglicus » by Henry Ebenezer Handerson
  • Do they, as many saints have done, smell the fetor of sin, the foul reek of evil in the souls that pass by them?
  • Extract from : « The Cathedral » by Joris-Karl Huysmans
  • Fetor exhaled from its gaping jaws, smoke from its nostrils; its eyes were flame.
  • Extract from : « The Romance of Leonardo da Vinci » by Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky
  • When fetor exists, as during the detachment of patches of exudation, antiseptic and detergent sprays may be employed.
  • Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II » by Various
  • As the fetor of these abscesses is horrible, they should be injected with a solution of permanganate of potash or liq.
  • Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II » by Various
  • In gangrenous or foul ulcers; to correct the fetor of the discharge, and to hasten the sloughing.
  • Extract from : « Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II » by Arnold Cooley
  • There is not that degree of fetor in the fæces, in diarrhÅ“a, which takes place in dysentery.
  • Extract from : « The American Reformed Cattle Doctor » by George Dadd
  • Lemna minor where the crusts and the muco-purulent discharge are very abundant with fetor (in rhinitis atrophics).
  • Extract from : « New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers » by Various
  • From the mixture of these different flavours proceeds the fetor which accompanies the putrefaction of animal substances.
  • Extract from : « Elements of Chemistry, » by Antoine Lavoisier

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