Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

osmidrosis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
os-midro-sis
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Body odour.

Uncountable

Etymology

From osmo- (“smell”) + hidrosis, from Ancient Greek ὀσμή (osmḗ) + Ancient Greek ἱδρώς (hidrṓs) + -osis.

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Questions

What does osmidrosis mean?
Body odour.
Where does osmidrosis come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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