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Local disease

A condition which originates in and remains confined to one part of the body [1] for example sprain of ankle, boil on hand, abscess of finger, lipoma on back etc.



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List of Major Online Medical Dictionaries

List of Major Online Medical Dictionaries

Reference

Reference

  1. Dorland’s Illustrated Medical Dictionary,28th edition. W.B.Saunders, Harcourt Brace & Company

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