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GROCER'S ITCH

\ɡɹˈə͡ʊsəz ˈɪt͡ʃ], \ɡɹˈə‍ʊsəz ˈɪt‍ʃ], \ɡ_ɹ_ˈəʊ_s_ə_z ˈɪ_tʃ]\

Definitions of GROCER'S ITCH

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases

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Eczema of the hands, peculiar to grocers.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

A kind of Eczema (q.v.) on the hand, from the irritation of sugar.

1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
By Henry Percy Smith

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