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American plants whose leaves can cause a painful rash if touched. A type of contact dermatitis caused by skin exposure to an oily substance in the sap from the poison ivy plant. Poison ivy is characterized by red, intensely itchy patches of skin that soon begin to swell and blister. A rash can also develop…

With a sharp point.  

A sharp end. The dot used to show the division between whole numbers and parts of numbers. A mark in a series of numbers. To target a specific area on the surface, similar to the pus in an abscess.  

A condition in which poikilocytes exist in the blood. The presence of abnormally shaped red cells (poikilocytes) in the blood Poikilocytosis is particularly marked in myelofibrosis but can occur to some extent in almost any blood disease. This is a term used to describe the variation seen in the shape of red blood cells in…

An unusually large red blood cell with an irregular shape. An abnormally shaped red blood cell (erythrocyte). Poikilocytes may be classified into a variety of types on the basis of their shape: for example elliptocytes (ellipsoid) and schistocytes (semilunar). A teardrop or pear-shaped red blood cell, seen in myelofibrosis and certain anemias.  

The swelling of one or more joints of the foot.  

The procedure of turning a fetus in the uterus by its feet. Altering the position of a fetus in the womb so that its feet will emerge first at birth. Using two hands (one in side the uterus and one on the abdominal wall) to change a twin fetus from a breech to a vertex…

Relating to the feet.  

A scar left by a pustule, as in smallpox.