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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 "PHOSSY JAW"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | kæbelidelse ved kronisk fosforforgiftning (Lucifer match makers'disease, phosphorus necrosis, phossy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | kaaknecrose door fosforvergiftiging (Lucifer match makers'disease, phosphorus necrosis, phossy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Finnish | leukaluun fosforikuolio (Lucifer match makers'disease, phosphorus necrosis, phossy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | nécrose phosphorée du maxillaire (phosphorus necrosis, phossy), nécrose phosphorée (phosphorus necrosis, phossy), mal chimique des allumettiers (phosphorus necrosis, phossy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Phosphornekrose (Lucifer match makers'disease, phosphorus necrosis, phossy), Kiefernekrose (Lucifer match makers'disease, phosphorus necrosis, phossy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | νέκρωση του οστού της γνάθου (Lucifer match makers'disease, phosphorus necrosis, phossy), φωσφορική νέκρωση της κάτω γνάθου (Lucifer match makers'disease, phosphorus necrosis, phossy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | necrosi dei mascellari (Lucifer match makers'disease, phosphorus necrosis, phossy), necrosi da fosforo (Lucifer match makers'disease, phosphorus necrosis, phossy), mascella fosforica (Lucifer match makers'disease, phosphorus necrosis, phossy), mascella da fosforo (Lucifer match makers'disease, phosphorus necrosis, phossy), fosfonecrosi (Lucifer match makers'disease, phosphorus necrosis, phossy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ossyphay awjay necrosis fosforada del maxilar (Lucifer match makers'disease, phosphorus necrosis, phossy). (various references) fosfornekros (Lucifer match makers'disease, phosphorus necrosis, phossy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-h-j-o-p-s-s-w-y" | |
-3 letters: hyssop, pshaws. | |
-4 letters: hasps, hoyas, hypos, opahs, pshaw, psoas, shaws, shays, shops, shows, showy, soaps, soapy, sojas, sophs, sophy, soyas, spays, swaps, swash, sways, swops, syphs, sysop, washy, wasps, waspy, whaps, whops, yawps. | |
-5 letters: ahoy, ashy, asps, haps, hasp, haws, hays, hops, hows, hoya, hoys, hypo, hyps, jaws, jays, josh, joss, jows, joys. | |
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