mal de Meleda

mal (mahl) [Fr. and Sp.] disease.

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grand mal  (grahn) see under epilepsy.

mal de Meleda  (dĕ mel´ĕ-dah) a chronic, inherited, symmetrical hyperkeratosis of the palms and soles with spreading to their dorsal aspects and to other parts of the body; cutaneous lesions are erythematous, scaling, malodorous, and fissured.

petit mal  (pĕ-te´) see under epilepsy.

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mal de Meleda

[mal·də mel′ədä]

Etymology: Fr, meleda, sickness

a chronic autosomal-recessive form of keratoderma of the palms and soles of the feet, in which the hyperkeratosis spreads to involve the dorsal aspects of the hands and feet and other areas of the body, with erythematous, scaling, malodorous cutaneous lesions that may cause deep fissuring. Also called Meleda disease.

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mal [mal] (Fr. and Sp.)

disease.

grand mal grand mal epilepsy.

mal de Meleda symmetrical keratosis of the palms and soles associated with a dry, scaly thickening of the wrists and ankles.

mal de mer seasickness.

petit mal petit mal epilepsy.