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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

Wikipedia

  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. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. Endang Ahmad:

    I have already found many types of body odor smell, the ones who have sweat smell and armpit smell mixed we don't give a pass.

  5. Rosie Broadhead:

    It's not the sweat on your body that causes body odor, it's the bacteria. So we've incorporated healthy bacteria into the textiles to enable a healthy microbiome which will help to reduce your body odor, 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.

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