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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? :-)
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted serpigo wwh 11/09/02 03:08 PM Re: serpigo Buffalo Shrdlu 11/09/02 03:56 PM Re: serpigo wwh 11/09/02 04:38 PM Re: serpigo Buffalo Shrdlu 11/09/02 04:48 PM Re: serpigo wwh 11/09/02 05:06 PM I go, I go wofahulicodoc 11/09/02 10:20 PM Re: I go, I go Fiberbabe 11/10/02 02:34 PM Keep smilin', however you do it ! wofahulicodoc 11/10/02 03:10 PM
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