offensive smell
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“Along with an offensive smell, that laceration may be accompanied by bleeding from the mouth, signs of pain, excessive drooling or pawing at the side of the face,” Dr. de Jong says.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2018
It has as high a reputation in Europe, for its offensive smell, as the skunk has here.
From Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom by Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold)
A girl, aged 6 years, was attacked with diarrhœa; stools were profuse, thin, yellowish, watery, mixed with little white mucous; very offensive smell; cutting pain about umbilicus during and after stool.
From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock
The sponge has a peculiarly strong and offensive smell.
From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Annandale, Nelson
This is an excellent poultice to ease pain arising from a sore; it not only cleanses it, but takes off the offensive smell which generally attends such complaints.
From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Eaton, Mary, fl. 1823-1849
