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Koplik's spots

Koplik's spots noun: clustered white lesions on the buccal mucosa, a prodromic viral enanthem of measles.

Noun

Koplik's spots pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Clustered white lesions on the buccal mucosa, a prodromic viral enanthem of measles.

Origin of Koplik's spots

Named after Henry Koplik (1858-1927), an American pediatrician who published a short description of them in 1896.

Questions about Koplik's spots

What does Koplik's spots mean?
Koplik's spots means clustered white lesions on the buccal mucosa, a prodromic viral enanthem of measles.
What part of speech is Koplik's spots?
Koplik's spots is a noun.

Words near Koplik's spots in the dictionary

  1. Kopki
  2. Kopkis
  3. Kopko
  4. Kopkos
  5. Koplik's sign
  6. Koplik's spots
  7. Koplin
  8. Koplins
  9. kopoti
  10. koppa
  11. Koppal

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