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purupuru

purupuru

[¦pu̇r·ü¦pu̇r·ü]
(medicine)
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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In the first such episode one reads that Cruz's son, Bento is studying the Amazonian skin disease purupuru, which famed Brazilian medical researcher, Carlos Chagas (1879-1934) believed was caused by a particular fungal infection.
There's a handful of four-letter substitutions: BEEBEE / BOOBOO, KAKKAK / TAT-TAT / WAW-WAW, KAVAKAVA / KIVIKIVI, PIRIPIRI / POROPORO / PURUPURU, and PRIBBLE-PRABBLE / PRITTLE-PRATTLE.
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