Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The white oxid which sublimes during the combustion of zinc: formerly called
flowers of zinc . It rises and adheres to the dome of the furnace and the covers of the crucibles. - noun In medicine, an eruption of deep-seated vesicles suggesting sago-grains, occurring principally on the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet. Also called
chiropompholyx and dysidrosis. - noun [capitalized] [NL.] In zoology, a generic name variously used
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Old Chem.) Impure zinc oxide.
- noun (Med.) A skin disease in which there is an eruption of bullæ, without inflammation or fever.
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- noun medicine
dyshidrosis - noun chemistry, obsolete
impure zinc oxide
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#What is the character of the subjective symptoms in pompholyx?
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine Henry Weightman Stelwagon 1886
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(_Synonyms: _ Dysidrosis; Cheiro-pompholyx.) #What is pompholyx?
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine Henry Weightman Stelwagon 1886
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The acute form is subdivided according to the degree of inflammation, as _pemphigus pompholyx_ in which it is severe, and
The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Ray Vaughn Pierce 1877
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