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body odor

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. body odor, body odour, B.O.noun

    malodorousness resulting from a failure to bathe

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  1. Body odor

    Body odor or body odour (BO) is present in all animals and its intensity can be influenced by many factors (behavioral patterns, survival strategies). Body odor has a strong genetic basis, but can also be strongly influenced by various diseases and physiological conditions. Though body odor has played an important role (and continues to do so in many life forms) in early humankind, it is generally considered to be an unpleasant odor amongst many human cultures.

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  1. body odor

    Body odor refers to the unpleasant or distinctive smell that is emitted by a person’s body due to a variety of factors such as sweat, bacteria, dietary habits, hormonal changes, or specific diseases. It is largely caused by the breakdown of sweat by bacteria present on the skin. Though everyone possesses it to some extent, the intensity and type of body odor can vary significantly from person to person.

Wikidata

  1. Body odor

    Body odor is present in animals including humans, and its intensity can be influenced by many factors. Body odor has a strong genetic basis both in animals and humans, but it can be also strongly influenced by various diseases and psychological conditions.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of body odor in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of body odor in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of body odor in a Sentence

  1. Nicole Daniel:

    Many times the students may come in because they're embarrassed, they don't look the same, somebody's complaining about a body odor. I would say,' OK, baby, then we're going to have to do it the old way.' We have soap, we have water. But now with this laundry room we don't have to do that.

  2. Rosie Broadhead:

    This change in the microbiome is associated with reducing your body odor, encouraging cell renewal and is really good for the skin's immune system.

  3. Daniel Bawdon:

    This is the first time the active molecular pathway for this particular form of body odor has been understood, we've never known any specific details about how they do this.

  4. Chris Callewaert:

    We know more about cancer and cell phones than we do about how to get rid of body odor, the science moves slowly in this field, so any advance comes as great news.

  5. John Hayes:

    It's really consequential to appetite and social relations, like people have lost their sense of smell may not be able to detect if they have body odor, and can impact diet too.

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