diamond skin disease

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noun Veterinary Pathology.

a form of swine erysipelas in which diamond-shaped skin inflammations appear, often accompanied by swollen joints.

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Without it, they say, the disease would surely kill her within two years.
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Creating PGCs from skin tissue, on the other hand, seems like a walk in the park compared to egg freezing.
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Everyone showed lots of skin and courtship perfumed the air.
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Many of us had been hit by the balls, but a bruise or a graze of the skin was the worst consequence that had ensued.
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In disease, the amount of solids depends mainly upon the activity of metabolism and the ability of the kidneys to excrete.
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Men's lives are as thoroughly blended with each other as the air they breathe: evil spreads as necessarily as disease.
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As a rule, however, persistent glycosuria is diagnostic of diabetes mellitus, of which disease it is the essential symptom.
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A lurid spot on each cheek showed burning red through the bronze of his skin.
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