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Posted By: olly bullous pemphigoid - 03/20/07 10:49 AM
bullous pemphigoid;
First name I think came from the person who discovered it. The second, Greek.
Posted By: zmjezhd Re: bullous pemphigoid - 03/20/07 01:11 PM
bullous pemphigoid

First word is adjectival form of Latin bullae 'blisters' and the second is, as you suggest, Greek, from pemphiks 'drop; cloud; pustule'.
Posted By: Buffalo Shrdlu Re: bullous pemphigoid - 03/20/07 01:28 PM
> bullous pemphigoid

good name for a band.
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