hand-foot-and-mouth disease
n.
An exanthematous eruption of the fingers, toes, palms, and soles, accompanied by often painful blistering and ulceration of the buccal mucous membrane, tongue, and soft palate, caused by a coxsackievirus.
Nearby words
hepaticolithotomy, hepaticolithotripsy, hepaticostomy, hepaticotomy, hepatitic, hand-foot-and-mouth disease, hepatitis a, hepatitis b, hepatitis b core antigen, hepatitis b e antigen, hepatitis b surface antigen
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