Usually means: Distinctive musty breath from liver.
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Definitions from Wikipedia (Fetor hepaticus)

noun:  Fetor hepaticus or foetor hepaticus (Latin, "liver stench" ("fetid liver")https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/symptoms/fetor-hepaticus (see spelling differences), also known as breath of the dead or hepatic foetor, is a condition seen in portal hypertension where portosystemic shunting allows thiols to pass directly into the lungs.


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