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creeping eruption

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A human skin disease caused by hookworm or roundworm larvae burrowing and creeping beneath the skin and characterized by eruptions in the form of progressing reddish lines.

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  • noun parasitology a skin disease caused by the movement of certain species of ancylostomatids under the skin

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