Definitions for fetors

fetors fe·tor

Spelling: [fee-ter]
IPA: /ˈfi tər/

Fetors is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 130 anagrams from letters in fetors (eforst).

Definitions for fetors

noun

  1. a strong, offensive smell; stench.

Origin of fetors

1475-1500; Latin, equivalent to fēt- (stem of fētēre to stink) + -or -or1; replacing earlier fetour Middle French Latin fētōr-, s

Examples for fetors

As the fetor of these abscesses is horrible, they should be injected with a solution of permanganate of potash or liq.

Lemna minor where the crusts and the muco-purulent discharge are very abundant with fetor (in rhinitis atrophics).

Do they, as many saints have done, smell the fetor of sin, the foul reek of evil in the souls that pass by them?

In gangrenous or foul ulcers; to correct the fetor of the discharge, and to hasten the sloughing.

The fetor of the skin, so characteristic of the negro, is not found in the Bushman.

When fetor exists, as during the detachment of patches of exudation, antiseptic and detergent sprays may be employed.

fetor of the breath, the perspiration and the skin are likewise noticeable.

There is not that degree of fetor in the fæces, in diarrhœa, which takes place in dysentery.

fetor exhaled from its gaping jaws, smoke from its nostrils; its eyes were flame.

From the mixture of these different flavours proceeds the fetor which accompanies the putrefaction of animal substances.

Word Value for fetors
Scrable

8

Words with friends

8

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