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PHOSSY JAW

Specialty Definition: PHOSSY JAW

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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.

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Modern Translation: PHOSSY JAW

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

   

Spanish

  

necrosis fosforada del maxilar (Lucifer match makers'disease, phosphorus necrosis, phossy). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

fosfornekros (Lucifer match makers'disease, phosphorus necrosis, phossy). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: PHOSSY JAW

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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1. Translations: Modern
2. Anagrams
3. Bibliography


  

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