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  • 61ozena — SYN: atrophic rhinitis. [G. ozaina, a fetid polypus, fr. ozo, to smell] * * * oze·na or chiefly Brit ozae·na ō zē nə n a chronic disease of the nose accompanied by a fetid discharge and marked by atrophic changes in the nasal structures * * *… …

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  • 63fétide — [ fetid ] adj. • 1464; lat. fœtidus, de fœtere « puer » ♦ Qui a une odeur très désagréable. ⇒ empesté, infect, malodorant, nauséabond, puant. Une haleine fétide. Émanations, exhalaisons fétides. ⇒ miasme. (De l odeur) ⇒ dégoûtant, repoussant. «… …

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  • 64noisome — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. destructive, harmful, baneful, evil; fetid, malodorous, rank, foul[ smelling]; disgusting, loathsome. See badness, malodorousness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Harmful] Syn. baneful, pernicious,… …

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  • 65rancid — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. rank, stale, putrid, malodorous. See malodorousness, sourness. Ant., fresh, sweet smelling. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Decaying] Syn. rotten, spoiled, tainted, turned, stale, sour, bad, contaminated …

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  • 66rank — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. lush, luxuriant, vigorous; coarse; malodorous, fetid, rancid, offensive; arrant, extreme, gross. n. row, line; position, caste, quality; status, grade, standing, footing. See repute, badness, class …

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  • 67smelly — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. [mal]odorous, foul smelling, fetid (see malodorousness).Ant., odorless. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. stinking, foul, fetid; see odorous 1 , rancid 2 , rank 2 . III (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective… …

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  • 68fetidness — noun the attribute of having a strong offensive smell • Syn: ↑malodorousness, ↑stinkiness, ↑foulness, ↑rankness • Derivationally related forms: ↑fetid, ↑rank (for: ↑ …

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  • 69Asafetida — As a*fet i*da, Asafoetida As a*f[oe]t i*da, n. [Asa + L. foetidus fetid.] The fetid gum resin or inspissated juice of a large umbelliferous plant ({Ferula asaf[oe]tida}) of Persia and the East Indies. It is used in medicine as an antispasmodic.… …

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  • 70Asafoetida — Asafetida As a*fet i*da, Asafoetida As a*f[oe]t i*da, n. [Asa + L. foetidus fetid.] The fetid gum resin or inspissated juice of a large umbelliferous plant ({Ferula asaf[oe]tida}) of Persia and the East Indies. It is used in medicine as an… …

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