Calabar swelling

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Calabar swelling [′kal·ə‚bär ‚swel·iŋ]

(medicine)

Edematous, painful, subcutaneous swelling occurring in the body of natives of Calabar and of other parts of West Africa, probably due to an allergic reaction toLoa loainfection.

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