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English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek βρῶμος (brômos, “stink”) (see bromo-) + -pnea. Coined by William J. Lederer in 1907.
Noun
bromopnea (uncountable)
- (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
- ^ William J. Lederer (1908) “Fetid Breath ("Bromopnea")”, in Medical Record, volume 73, number 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)
- halitosis
- Synonym: alitosi