creeping eruption

noun

Pathology. a skin disorder caused by the burrowing of dog or cat hookworm larvae under the dermal tissue and manifested as a progressing red streak.

Origin of creeping eruption

First recorded in 1925–30

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creeping eruption in Medicine

creeping eruption

[krē′pĭng]

n.

A skin disorder characterized by itchiness and a progressive netlike tunneling in the skin caused by the burrowing larvae of various parasites, especially a type of hookworm.cutaneous larva migrans

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