What's the difference between fetid and malodorous?

Fetid


Definition:

  • (a.) Having an offensive smell; stinking.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Every time we have a negotiation, the bidding process (for the project) slows and postpones things.” Water quality has become a hot-button issue as the Olympics draw closer with little sign of progress in cleaning up the fetid bay, as well as the lagoon system in western Rio that hugs the sites of the Olympic park, the very heart of the games.
  • (2) Transtracheal aspiration is not deemed necessary if the patient is expectorating fetid sputum.
  • (3) He is now Rwanda's justice minister, who has had to contend with the daunting question of what to do with close to 150,000 accused genocidaire who a decade ago were packed into overcrowded, fetid prisons.
  • (4) Symptomatology perceived incorrectly as abnormal: a) In pregnancy: Frequent urination: 17 per cent, morning nausea in the 1st trimester: 9 per cent, emotional instability: 21 per cent, Braxton Hicks contractions: 41 per cent, and b) Postpartum period: Decreased quantity in lochia rubra: 9 per cent, non-fetid lochia alba: 43 per cent, calostrum: 20 per cent.
  • (5) In the fetid ecosystem that is our incubator of conservative columnists, he is the apex predator.
  • (6) Early diagnosis was rare, even after fetid otorrhea of long duration; occassionally they presented as acute mastoiditis.
  • (7) b) In puerperium: Increased quantity in lochia rubra: 17 per cent, fever: 22 per cent, fetid lochia: 28 per cent, and c) In breastfeeding: Breasts red and warm: 48 per cent, fever: 30 per cent, nipple fissures: 70 per cent.
  • (8) It was dramatic with high fever and multiple fetid stools in one patient, and mild, successfully treated within a few days, in the second.
  • (9) In this discussion, the case report of a fetid diabetic right foot infection is presented.
  • (10) Whatever people say about the US, it at least embraces the filth and fury of politics, and puts the whole malfunctioning and fetid business out there for all to see.
  • (11) And just as our great moments in cinema concern stammering monarchs, so the likes of Garrone choose to examine criminality, and now the fetid scourge of reality TV.
  • (12) Differential diagnosis of the omphalic stone includes the so called umbilical cholesteatoma, an accumulation of crumbling, fetid masses in the umbilicus, often times accompanied by seborrhea which may lead to abscess formation.
  • (13) Fetid vaginal discharge (60%) and premature rupture of the membranes (35%) were the main findings upon history taking.
  • (14) This provoked the appearance of a pyogenous process with a profuse, purulent and fetid secretion (Staphylococcus aureus) resistant to many antibiotics which was finally controlled with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole.
  • (15) The twelve other bacteremic patients had fetid diarrhea a few hours after admission.
  • (16) City hall, on a hill overlooking the city, is a devastated but functioning headquarters packed full of relief goods, water-logged office files, broken glass partitions and fetid toilets where journalists, aid workers, civil servants and homeless locals meander the halls aimlessly.
  • (17) Pseudomonas aeruginosa was the dominant causative organism in pulmonary infections of the aged while in presenile ones the organism was mainly Pseudomonas fetid.
  • (18) The water no longer bubbles out of the ground but sits low and fetid, a milky pond with concrete walls contaminated by faeces.
  • (19) Fetid diarrhea and failure to gain weight were consistent clinical signs.
  • (20) Trucks still rumble down the potholed road through the town but the last workers have long gone home, walking past the furled awnings of the market stalls, over the single footbridge, along the battered pavements, to the tenement apartments, the squalid huts, the tin-roofed homes by the fetid pond.

Malodorous


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) This observation parallels clinical measurements of the antiseptic effect on oral malodor and suggests that its odor-decreasing properties are related to its antimicrobial action in the mouth.
  • (2) A number of non-oral causes for oral malodor have been discussed.
  • (3) Brushing studies suggest that the early morning malodor arising from the oral cavity can be controlled by proper oral hygiene.
  • (4) A review of the literature was made to highlight the historical background and the aetiological factors responsible for the formation of the characteristic foul, malodorous, cheese-like mass of rhinitis caseosa.
  • (5) Removing the malodorous mass from the chest wall provides excellent palliation and should be offered to patients to improve their quality of survival.
  • (6) A patented gas scrubbing process, whereby the emissions of malodorous reduced sulphur compounds are effectively and economically reduced, is described.
  • (7) It is therefore concluded that the ejaculate is the major source of malodor formation in intravaginally worn sponges.
  • (8) Forty-two percent of collagen sponges tested as an intravaginal barrier contraceptive method developed malodor when retained for 5 days.
  • (9) Both studies demonstrated a statistically significant positive correlation between the intensity of perceived oral malodor and the concentration of VSC (H2S + CH3SH) emitted by individual subjects.
  • (10) In all individuals, regardless of the age or health status of the oral tissues, the most intense oral malodor is exhibited after prolonged periods of reduced saliva flow and abstinence from food and liquid.
  • (11) We conclude that it is important to treat BV in patients with symptoms other than malodorous discharge.
  • (12) In these instances, methylmercaptan and hydrogen sulfide occurred in sufficiently high concentrations to account for the malodor.
  • (13) Methyl mercaptan (CH3SH) is a malodorous compound whose levels are elevated in mouth and crevicular air of individuals with active periodontal disease.
  • (14) Malodorous skin lesions (primarily fungating tumors and decubitus ulcers) can be extremely resistant to efforts to control their odors.
  • (15) The malodorous, weeping sores are a source of great discomfort to the patient.
  • (16) Author Rich Cohen wrote in the New York Times: “For as long as anyone remembers, following the Cubs has meant embracing futility, choosing the losers over the winners, seeing the romance in failure.” The “lovable losers” have suffered a legendary curse ever since a tavern owner, barred from a World Series game in 1945 because he was trying to bring in a malodorous goat , proclaimed that they would never win the title again.
  • (17) In a multivariate analysis, eight clinical cues were independently (p less than 0.05) related to nurse practitioners' probability judgments: age less than 20 years; past chlamydial or gonococcal infection; new sex partner; partner with suspected genital infection; genito-urinary symptoms; cervicitis, purulent vaginal discharge; and malodorous vaginal discharge.
  • (18) Removal, rinsing optimally in vinegar solution, and reinsertion within 24 hours after intercourse reduces the chance of malodor formation.
  • (19) Concurrent with the decrease or elimination of the malodor, anaerobic microorganisms such as Bacteroides and Peptostreptococcus, which are considered to be involved in the generation of malodor, also became undetectable.
  • (20) Brushing studies indicate that both plaque and tongue are important sources of malodor with most of the odor emanating from the dorso-posterior surface of the tongue.