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Fox-Fordyce disease

Fox-Fordyce disease proper noun: apocrine miliaria: a chronic blockage of the sweat gland ducts with a secondary, non-bacterial inflammatory response to the secretions and cellular debris in the cysts.

Proper noun

Fox-Fordyce disease

  1. Apocrine miliaria: a chronic blockage of the sweat gland ducts with a secondary, non-bacterial inflammatory response to the secretions and cellular debris in the cysts.

Origin of Fox-Fordyce disease

Named for George Henry Fox and John Addison Fordyce.

Questions about Fox-Fordyce disease

What does Fox-Fordyce disease mean?
Fox-Fordyce disease means apocrine miliaria: a chronic blockage of the sweat gland ducts with a secondary, non-bacterial inflammatory response to the secretions and cellular debris in the cysts.
What part of speech is Fox-Fordyce disease?
Fox-Fordyce disease is a proper noun.

Words near Fox-Fordyce disease in the dictionary

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  2. fox-cub
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  4. fox-drunk
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  9. fox-glove
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  11. fox-hole

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