hand, foot, and mouth disease

British

noun

HFMD. a usually mild disease, mainly affecting children under seven, in which the sufferers develop mouth ulcers accompanied by blisters or rashes on their hands and feet. Caused by the Coxsackie virus A16, it has no known cure

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RSV, COVID-19 and two bouts of the dreaded preschool scourge of hand, foot and mouth disease struck one after another.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 3, 2023

Darling says that when her son got hand, foot and mouth disease, a common childhood virus that’s generally mild, it took him two years to fully recover.

From Washington Post • Oct. 26, 2022

There was also an outbreak of hand, foot, and mouth disease yesterday at day care, and I am scared they will get it.

From Slate • Jul. 25, 2019

Over the summer, pitcher Noah Syndergaard received a diagnosis of hand, foot and mouth disease.

From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2019

Happ after the newly acquired left-hander contracted a mild case of hand, foot and mouth disease, general manager Brian Cashman said.

From Reuters • Jul. 31, 2018

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