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swift's disease

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Main Entry: Swift's disease
Pronunciation: 'swifts-
Function: noun
: ACRODYNIA
Swift, H. (fl 1918), Australian physician. Swift described acrodynia about 1918. His description was not the first, for the German pediatrician Paul Selter haddescribed it in 1903. Later, other physicians would offer more detailed descriptions of the disease.
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Swift's disease (swÄ­fts)
n.
See acrodynia.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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