fetor hepaticus

fetor hepaticus
fetor he·pat·i·cus -hi-'pat-i-kəs n a characteristically disagreeable odor to the breath that is a sign of liver failure

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a peculiar odor of the breath that often accompanies liver disease; called also liver breath.

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