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| Domain | Definition |
Medicine | A necrosis of the jaw, specifically, periostitis with suppuration, ulceration, and severe deformity of the mandible caused by chronic poisoning with yellow phosphorus(1). Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "PHOSPHORUS NECROSIS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | kæbelidelse ved kronisk fosforforgiftning (Lucifer match makers'disease, phossy, phossy jaw). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | kaaknecrose door fosforvergiftiging (Lucifer match makers'disease, phossy, phossy jaw). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Finnish | leukaluun fosforikuolio (Lucifer match makers'disease, phossy, phossy jaw). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | nécrose phosphorée du maxillaire (phossy, phossy jaw), nécrose phosphorée (phossy, phossy jaw), mal chimique des allumettiers (phossy, phossy jaw). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Phosphornekrose (Lucifer match makers'disease, phossy, phossy jaw), Kiefernekrose (Lucifer match makers'disease, phossy, phossy jaw). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | νέκρωση του οστού της γνάθου (Lucifer match makers'disease, phossy, phossy jaw), φωσφορική νέκρωση της κάτω γνάθου (Lucifer match makers'disease, phossy, phossy jaw). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | necrosi dei mascellari (Lucifer match makers'disease, phossy, phossy jaw), necrosi da fosforo (Lucifer match makers'disease, phossy, phossy jaw), mascella fosforica (Lucifer match makers'disease, phossy, phossy jaw), mascella da fosforo (Lucifer match makers'disease, phossy, phossy jaw), fosfonecrosi (Lucifer match makers'disease, phossy, phossy jaw). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | osphorusphay ecrosisnay necrosis fosforada del maxilar (Lucifer match makers'disease, phossy, phossy jaw). (various references) fosfornekros (Lucifer match makers'disease, phossy, phossy jaw). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-h-h-i-n-o-o-o-p-p-r-r-s-s-s-s-u" | |
-4 letters: cosponsorships. | |
-5 letters: cosponsorship, siphonophores. | |
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| 1. Translations: Modern 2. Anagrams 3. Bibliography |
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