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barracan (iou) and Underwood's disease (medicine)


barracan (iou)



barracan noun. Also baracan. M17.
[French barracan, bouracan from Arab. burrukan, barra- cloak of camlet: cf. BARRAGON.]
A coarsely woven fabric of wool, silk, and goat's hair. M17.
In Eastern countries, a cloak or mantle made of this or another fabric. E19.

Underwood's disease (medicine)


Underwood's disease -->
sclerema neonatorum


A severe, sometimes fatal, disorder of adipose tissue occurring chiefly in preterm or debilitated infants suffering from an underlying illness and manifested by a diffuse, nonpitting induration of the affected tissue. The skin becomes cold, yellowish, mottled, and inflexible.