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#167032 - 03/20/07 06:49 AM bullous pemphigoid
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Loc: Auckland, New Zealand bullous pemphigoid;
First name I think came from the person who discovered it. The second, Greek.
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#167040 - 03/20/07 09:11 AM Re: bullous pemphigoid [Re: olly]
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Loc: R'lyeh bullous pemphigoid
First word is adjectival form of Latin bullae 'blisters' and the second is, as you suggest, Greek, from pemphiks 'drop; cloud; pustule'._________________________
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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#167041 - 03/20/07 09:28 AM Re: bullous pemphigoid [Re: zmjezhd]
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Loc: Vermont > bullous pemphigoid
good name for a band._________________________
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