- Calabar swellings
- edematous areas seen in loiasis, appearing suddenly on the surface of the body and lasting a few days, sometimes accompanied by fever, pruritus, and urticaria. Called also Calabar edema and fugitive s's.
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Calabar swellings
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filariasis — /fil euh ruy euh sis/, n. infection by filarial worms in the blood and lymph channels, lymph glands, and other tissues, the various species causing skin swellings, blindness, or elephantiasis if untreated. [1875 80; FILAR(IA) + IASIS] * * * ▪… … Universalium
œdemas — noun |nocap=t. The peculiar lesion referred to in the foregoing notes, for the substance of which I am indebted to the Rev. H. S. Smith, is evidently identical with those transient localised œdemas which have come to be known as Calabar swellings … Wiktionary
