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Psilosis
see synonyms of psilosisNoun
1. psilosis, sprue, tropical sprue
a chronic disorder that occurs in tropical and non-tropical forms and in both children and adults; nutrients are not absorbed; symptoms include foul-smelling diarrhea and emaciation
2. psilosis
falling out of hair
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Psilosis
see synonyms of psilosisnoun
1. medicine
a disease of the small intestine
. Also called: sprue2. medicine obsolete
the removal of flesh or hair
3.
a linguistic substitution or an instance of such
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