- hand-foot-and-mouthdisease
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hand-foot-and-mouth disease (hănd'fo͝ot'ənd-mouthʹ)
n.
A mild contagious disease usually occurring in children, caused by infection with a strain of coxsackievirus and characterized by fever and a blisterlike rash in the mouth and on the hands and feet.
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Universalium. 2010.