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From Ancient Greek βρῶμος (brômos, “foul-smelling”) + ῑ̔δρώς (hīdrṓs, “sweat”) + -ωσῐς (-ōsĭs, “condition”), a Neo-Classical compound meaning the condition of foul-smelling sweating.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
bromidrosis
Today it means: Fetid or foul-smelling perspiration. Full definition →