phossy jaw en · NOUN
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(uncountable) A disease resulting from exposure to white phosphorus causing degeneration of the teeth and jaw.
“We thought she would escape phossy jaw. But it got her, yes, it got her, and she died a terrible death.”
2005, Jennifer Worth, Shadows of the Workhouse, Weidenfeld & Nicholson (2009), page 143:
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ONJ · osteonecrosis of the jaw · necrosis · osteonecrosis · osteochemonecrosis