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 to Loa loa infection.
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