pachydermoperiostosis

English

Etymology

pachy- + dermo- + periostosis

Noun

pachydermoperiostosis (uncountable)

  1. A rare genetic disorder characterized mainly by pachydermia, periostosis, and finger clubbing (swelling of tissue with loss of normal angle between nail and nail bed).

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