"bad breath" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bad breaths [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} bad breath (countable and uncountable, plural bad breaths)
  1. (medicine, dentistry, informal) Breath that produces an unpleasant or foul-smelling odor when exhaled. Tags: countable, informal, uncountable Synonyms: halitosis, ;, bromopnea, fetor oris, ozostomia, stomatodysodia [informal], ;, dragonbreath Related terms: arsebreath (english: and its synonyms), breath check, breath mint Translations (unpleasant breath): بَخَر (baḵar) [masculine] (Arabic), лош дъх (loš dǎh) [masculine] (Bulgarian), mabatang hangaw (Central Bikol), ᎠᎱᎵᏒᎦ (ahulisvga) (Cherokee), 口臭 (kǒuchòu) (Chinese Mandarin), zápach z úst [masculine] (Czech), dårlig ånde [common-gender] (Danish), pahanhajuinen hengitys (Finnish), mauvaise haleine (French), bafo [masculine] (Galician), Mundegeruch [masculine] (German), alito cattivo [masculine] (Italian), 口臭 (kōshū) (alt: こうしゅう) (Japanese), dårlig ånde [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), mau hálito [masculine] (Portuguese), halitose [feminine] (Portuguese), bafo [masculine] (Portuguese), неприя́тный за́пах и́зо рта́ (neprijátnyj zápax ízo rtá) [masculine] (Russian), галито́з (galitóz) [masculine] (Russian), halitosis [masculine] (Spanish), mal aliento [masculine] (Spanish), mal hálito [masculine] (Spanish), dålig andedräkt [common-gender] (Swedish), mabahong hininga (Tagalog), ağız kokusu (Turkish), alëtun (Unami), anadl ddrwg [feminine] (Welsh)

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      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "unpleasant breath",
      "word": "ağız kokusu"
    },
    {
      "code": "unm",
      "lang": "Unami",
      "lang_code": "unm",
      "sense": "unpleasant breath",
      "word": "alëtun"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "lang_code": "cy",
      "sense": "unpleasant breath",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "anadl ddrwg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bad breath"
}

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