ozostomia

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o·zo·sto·mi·a

(ō′zə-stō′mē-ə)

Foul-smelling breath; halitosis.

[From Greek ozostomos, having bad breath : ozein, to smell + -stomos, mouthed (from stoma, mouth).]

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