CHAFING
\t͡ʃˈe͡ɪfɪŋ], \tʃˈeɪfɪŋ], \tʃ_ˈeɪ_f_ɪ_ŋ]\
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By Oddity Software
By Noah Webster.
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The red excoriations which occur in consequence of the friction of parts, or between the folds of the skin, especially in fat or neglected children. Washing with cold water and dusting with hair-powder is the best preventive. When occurring between the nates and in the region of the perinaeum, from long walking,-Intertri’go pod'icis, Proctal’gia intertrigino'sa,-it is vulgarly designated by the French-Entrefesson.
By Robley Dunglison
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Quinones
- Hydrocarbon rings which contain two moieties position. They can be substituted in any position except at the ketone groups.