Word.ws English Dictionary

halitoses

halitoses is the plural of halitosis.

Meaning of halitosis

Noun

halitosis (countable and uncountable, plural halitoses)

  1. The condition of having stale or foul-smelling breath.
    • Bad breath or halitosis is an indication of a disturbed digestive system. It is indicative of a bowel toxemia in either the small or large intestine with an overgrowth of bacteria or yeast.2004, Dicken Weatherby, Signs and Symptoms Analysis from a Functional Perspective, Weatherby & Associates, LLC, →ISBN, page 115

Questions about halitoses

What is halitoses the plural of?
Halitoses is the plural of halitosis.

Words near halitoses in the dictionary

  1. halistatic
  2. halite
  3. halites
  4. halitic
  5. halitophobia
  6. halitoses
  7. halitosis
  8. halitotic
  9. halitous
  10. halitoxin
  11. halituous

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: halitoses (page history and authors); halitosis (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “halitoses.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/halitoses. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.