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dercum's disease

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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Named after the American doctor Francis Xavier Dercum, who described it in 1892.

What does dercum's disease mean?: adiposis dolorosa
Where does dercum's disease come from?: Named after the American doctor Francis Xavier Dercum, who described it in 1892.

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