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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.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of creeping eruption1
First recorded in 1925–30
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