Turns out I’m wrong. I went to look for a source for what I had said and there’s a common misconception that listerine coined the word for marketing purposes. In reality, it existed before they popularized it. The etymology section of the halitosis Wikipedia article mentions that specifically.
Don’t remember specifically where I’d heard listerine made the word itself but I guess that’s a bending of the truth.
Unless I am missing something, halitosis is not a disorder, it’s just a symptom, which can have various causes.
The… idea of a chemical warfare agent that causes halitosis is… hopefully dubious.
Turns out I’m wrong. I went to look for a source for what I had said and there’s a common misconception that listerine coined the word for marketing purposes. In reality, it existed before they popularized it. The etymology section of the halitosis Wikipedia article mentions that specifically.
Don’t remember specifically where I’d heard listerine made the word itself but I guess that’s a bending of the truth.