See Also: Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
packing(dictionary)
packing(2)(dictionary)
packing(1)(dictionary)
packing(medicine)
packing process(medicine)
Packing List(money)
denture packing(medicine)
Body packing(health)
packing case(dictionary)

prurigo aestivalis (medicine) and packing(1) (iou)


prurigo aestivalis (medicine)


prurigo aestivalis


A form recurring each summer, becoming very severe as long as the hot weather continues.

Synonym: actinic prurigo, summer prurigo.


packing(1) (iou)



packing noun1. LME.
[from PACK verb1 + -ING1.]
The action of PACK verb1. LME.
J. Scott From its rough state..to the packing of the pure salt in casks.
Material used to fill up a space round or in something, e.g. to protect a breakable article in transit or to make a joint watertight or airtight. E19.
b. Food, esp. poor Food. slang. L19.
An extra charge added to the cost of delivered goods to cover the cost of packing them. E20.
Science. The spatial arrangement of a number of objects, esp the constituent atoms of a crystalline structure, relative to one another. E20.
Comb.: packing box a box for packing goods in; a packing-case; packing-case a usu. wooden case or framework for packing goods in, esp. for transportation; packing density Computing the density of stored information in terms of bits per unit of storage medium; packing fraction Physics a parameter of an atomic nucleus equal to 10,000 times the difference between its atomic weight and its mass number, divided by the former (or the latter); packing needle = pack-needle s.v. PACK noun; packing-sheet (a) a sheet for packing goods in; (b) Medicine a wet sheet in which a patient is wrapped in hydropathic treatment; packing station spec. an official depot where eggs are graded and packed.