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saprostomous

saprostomous adjective: having bad breath.

Adjective

saprostomous (comparative more saprostomous, superlative most saprostomous)

  1. (formal, rare) Having bad breath.
    • An old man, his chest rasping with saprostomous breath, the cigarette glows in his fingers.2015, Glorianna Langley-Finch, Beyond the Darkness, page 20

Forms of saprostomous

comparativemore saprostomous
superlativemost saprostomous

Questions about saprostomous

What does saprostomous mean?
Saprostomous means having bad breath.
What part of speech is saprostomous?
Saprostomous is an adjective.

Words near saprostomous in the dictionary

  1. saprophytic
  2. saprophytically
  3. saprophytism
  4. saprophytophagous
  5. sapropterin
  6. saprostomous
  7. saprot
  8. saprotroph
  9. saprotrophic
  10. saprotrophically
  11. saprotrophism

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