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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In pathology, pustulous eruption: a term used by Hippocrates, and in Good's system including variola or smallpox.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) An eruption of pustules.
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- noun medicine An
eruption ofpustules .
Etymologies
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Latin, from Ancient Greek word meaning "suppuration".
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