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Some parasites burrow under the skin very close to the surface - the snake-track-like lesions visible from the outside are described as "serpiginous."
There is also "intertrigo" (again pronounced with a stressed long i), the irritation that occurs when two patches of skin press against each other so consistently that they never have a chance to dry, and get all red and sore. ('"macerated," i.e. chewed up).
Btw - how come they put so many medical words on a high school kids' spelling bee list, anyway? :-)
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I go, I go
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Keep smilin', however you do it !
wofahulicodoc 11/10/2002 3:10 PM
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