Phrase guide
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adj
Of a subtype of localised scleroderma, having a linear, atrophic depression on the frontoparietal scalp.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: ECDS
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A subtype of localised scleroderma that presents with a linear, atrophic depression on the frontoparietal scalp.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: ECDS
Antonyms: none provided
History
From French en coup de sabre (literally “by/in a strike of the sword”), so-called because of its resemblance to the scar of a sabre wound.
