#86331
11/09/2002 3:08 PM
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Another medical term I never ;heard before:
serpigo ( pronounced with long "i").
5ME < ML < L serpere, to creep: see SERPENT6 any spreading skin disease, as ringworm
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#86332
11/09/2002 3:56 PM
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Carpal Tunnel
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Dustin Hoffman with impetigo?
formerly known as etaoin...
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#86333
11/09/2002 4:38 PM
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Was he gay? A gay psychiatrist I despised used to have complexion marred by his activities.
Edit I belatedly remembered a movie, Serpico. But when I looked it up, cast mentioned
Al Pacino, but not Dustin Hoffman.
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#86334
11/09/2002 4:48 PM
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yep. Al Pacino... my bad...
and no, I don't think gender preference had anything to do with it.
formerly known as etaoin...
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#86335
11/09/2002 5:06 PM
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So did Al Pacino have a parabolic chin?
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#86336
11/09/2002 10:20 PM
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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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#86337
11/10/2002 2:34 PM
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old hand
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>> Btw - how come they put so many medical words on a high school kids' spelling bee list, anyway? {primitive  }I was wondering the same thing. Clearly one of the qualifications sought to be on the governing committee is a sadistic streak. 
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#86338
11/10/2002 3:10 PM
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{primitive }Primitive, shmimitive. It's "economy of expression." My way takes only three keystrokes ;-)
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