hand, foot, and mouth disease

British  

noun

1.  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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hand, foot, and mouth disease

A week later, at the BMW Championship, Scheffler was battling a case of hand, foot and mouth disease and still managed to finish 12th.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

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

In 2018, he missed time with a strained ligament in his right index finger before he learned that he had hand, foot and mouth disease, an infection that usually affects children under 5 years old.

From New York Times ● Mar. 24, 2020

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

Making his first start since he came off the disabled list following a bout with hand, foot and mouth disease, Syndergaard retired 12 straight batters after Rendon’s home run.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 1, 2018