infantile scurvy
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infantile scurvy
[′in·fən‚tīl ′skər·vē] (medicine)
Acute scurvy of infants and young children characterized by periosteal hemorrhage and swelling, especially of long bones. Also known as Cheadle's disease; Moeller-Barlow disease.
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