craw-craw

craw-craw
A term applied in west Africa to a pruritic papular skin eruption, which may lead to ulceration; some cases are caused by Onchocerca.

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craw-craw 'krȯ-.krȯ n an itching skin disease produced by the larvae of the filarial worm causing onchocerciasis migrating in the subcutaneous tissues broadly ONCHOCERCIASIS

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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