scabid- i yield

[telebob x]

I yield to the Webster's  unabridged.
It was really too good to not be a real word.

tele

>From: "Jon Ford" <jonmfordster@hotmail.com>
>To: telebob98@hotmail.com, austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net
>Subject: Re: scabid
>Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2001 09:51:22 -0800
>
>
> >Foul!  Scabid (however attractive a concept might be conjured by the
> >'word's' onomatopoetic  power) is not a word (in my Webster)....you lose 
>ten
> >points.
> >
> >Dr. tele
>
>Dr. Bob-- you must have the abridged Webster's-- scabid is a medical term 
>deriving from "scabies" See the usage in the info on scabies below from 
>Fitzpatrick's Dermatology in General Medicine. 5th Edition. McGraw-Hill. 
>1999.
>Dr. Jon
>
>
>Background
>
>
>Scabies is an infection with the mite Sarcoptes scabiei var hominis. It is 
>a very common disease and highly contagious, usually contracted under 
>conditions of crowding, poor hygiene, and sexual contact. The classic 
>symptoms is pruritis or itching affecting any part of the body but usually 
>the hands and genital areas. The lesions are macular, papular, vesicles, 
>scaly plaques, nodules, and oozing patches. The lesions may be particularly 
>widespread in infants, affecting the head and face as well.
>
> Fulminant and highly infectious form of the disease caused by an 
>immunocompromised state
>May be present in AIDS patients
>
>Norwegian scabies	Hyperplastic epidermis with acanthosis, papillomatosis, 
>and hyperkeratosis with numerous Scabies mites scattered throughout
>Scabietic nodule	Children may present with nodular collections of fibrosis 
>with eosinophils and mixed inflammatory cells as a scabid reaction.
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