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Chronic bad breath, or halitosis, is the most common symptom.
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Mark Gurarie, Health, 4 Sep. 2025
One was a bald comedian with glasses who complained constantly and had an inordinate fear of halitosis.
—Larry David, New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2025
Warning Signs of Poor Oral Health Significantly bad breath, otherwise known as halitosis.
—Molly Higgins, Wired News, 27 Aug. 2025
Pat Daniels — played by real-life sportscaster Dan Patrick — appears in the mid-credits scene to report that the Maxi golf league failed and that their sports drink was recalled after being found to cause halitosis, gingivitis and tongue rot.
—Skyler Trepel, People.com, 29 July 2025
Luckily Leonardo, Raphael, Michaelangelo and Donatello are on the case, high-tailing it to Japan to confront their fiercest foe yet: a certain hundred-foot tall scaly beast with radioactive halitosis.
—Rob Salkowitz, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
Emerging research, in fact, connects small intestinal bacterial overgrowth to halitosis.
—Betsy Andrews, Saveur, 17 July 2025
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Mark Gurarie, Health, 4 Sep. 2025
One was a bald comedian with glasses who complained constantly and had an inordinate fear of halitosis.
—Larry David, New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2025
Warning Signs of Poor Oral Health Significantly bad breath, otherwise known as halitosis.
—Molly Higgins, Wired News, 27 Aug. 2025
Pat Daniels — played by real-life sportscaster Dan Patrick — appears in the mid-credits scene to report that the Maxi golf league failed and that their sports drink was recalled after being found to cause halitosis, gingivitis and tongue rot.
—Skyler Trepel, People.com, 29 July 2025
Luckily Leonardo, Raphael, Michaelangelo and Donatello are on the case, high-tailing it to Japan to confront their fiercest foe yet: a certain hundred-foot tall scaly beast with radioactive halitosis.
—Rob Salkowitz, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
Emerging research, in fact, connects small intestinal bacterial overgrowth to halitosis.
—Betsy Andrews, Saveur, 17 July 2025
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“Halitosis.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/halitosis. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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halitosis
noun
hal·i·to·sis
ˌhal-ə-ˈtō-səs 
plural halitoses
-ˌsēz
: a condition of having fetid breath
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