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02-07-2010, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Sashimister View Post
I was wondering if there was a technical English counterpart.
Jesselt left off the part that said "(caused by the chemical nonenal)." 2-Nonenal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Is that what you were looking for? Otherwise, "body odor" qualified with "of the elderly" or the like is probably about as neutral as you can get. I've never heard it referred to as anything other than "old people/man/lady smell" since mentioning it in a non-scientific context seems kind of crude.
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