Etymology

Fox-Fordyce disease

Today it means: Apocrine miliaria: a chronic blockage of the sweat gland ducts with a secondary, non-bacterial inflammatory response to the secretions and cellular debris in the cysts. Full definition →

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The story

Named for George Henry Fox and John Addison Fordyce.

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