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Turk (medicine)


turk


1. A member of any of numerous Tartar tribes of Central Asia, etc.; especially, one of the dominant race in Turkey.

2. A native or inhabitant of Turkey.

3. A Mohammedan; especially, one living in Turkey. "It is no good reason for a man's Religion that he was born and brought up in it; for then a Turk would have as much reason to be a Turk as a Christian to be a Christian." (Chillingworth)

4. <zoology> The plum weevil. See Curculio, and Plum weevil, under Plum. Turk's cap.

<botany> A plant of the genus Ranunculus; crowfoot.

Origin: Per. Turk; probably of Tartar origin: cf. F. Turc.

Source: Websters Dictionary


skinbound disease (medicine)


skinbound disease
Scleroderma (usually applied to extensive involvement).