MORGELLONS

Etymology

Coined by Mary Leitao after a usage by Sir Thomas Browne, apparently a corruption of the Provençal term masclous, "little flies".

Proper noun

Morgellons

(pathology) A controversial, unproven skin disorder usually dismissed as delusional parasitosis, and characterized by skin lesions producing odd fibers of unknown origin.

(obsolete) A disease causing hairs to grow on the backs of children.

Synonyms

• (skin disorder with fibers): Morgellons disease, Morgellons syndrome

Source: Wiktionary



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DISPERSION

(noun) the act of dispersing or diffusing something; “the dispersion of the troops”; “the diffusion of knowledge”


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