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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A disease, which occurs chiefly in the tropics, marked by fullness and pain in the abdomen, diarrhea, vomiting, a red tongue covered with whitish points, and emaciation. Also called
sprew and aphthæ tropicæ. - noun Same as
alopecia .
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- noun The
sound change by whichGreek lost theconsonant sound /h/ duringantiquity .
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- noun a chronic disorder that occurs in tropical and non-tropical forms and in both children and adults; nutrients are not absorbed; symptoms include foul-smelling diarrhea and emaciation
- noun falling out of hair
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