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bromodosis

bromodosis noun: body odour affecting the feet.

Noun

bromodosis (uncountable)

  1. (historical, obsolete, rare) Body odour affecting the feet.
    • Copywriters soon discovered and labeled over a hundred new diseases, including such transparent imitations as "bromodosis" (sweaty foot odors), "homotosis" (lack of attractive home furnishings), "acidosis" (sour stomach), and such inventive afflictions as "office hips," "ashtray breath," and...1992, Jean Folkerts, Media voices: an historical perspective: an anthology, page 285
    • Li Zhixiang, a member of the PAP, which is estimated to have more than one million members, said the new shoes had dealt a body blow to bromodosis.2015 July 22, Tom Phillips, “China's military gives 'liberation shoes' the boot in war on smelly feet”, in The Guardian

Questions about bromodosis

What does bromodosis mean?
Bromodosis means body odour affecting the feet.
What part of speech is bromodosis?
Bromodosis is a noun.

Words near bromodosis in the dictionary

  1. bromodichloromethanes
  2. bromodifluoromethane
  3. bromodiphenhydramine
  4. bromodomain
  5. bromodomains
  6. bromodosis
  7. bromoenol
  8. bromoenollactone
  9. bromoenollactones
  10. bromoenols
  11. bromoethane

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