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cleansing

ADJECTIVE
cathartic
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NOUN
distillation
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STRONGEST
STRONG
NOUN
scrubbing
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The child had been infected as an infant when they were too young to be vaccinated, and years later developed subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, or SSPE, a fatal disease that targets the brain.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

Olefsky and his team identified a much less common disease called primary sclerosing cholangitis, or PSC.

From Science Daily • Apr. 26, 2024

Other complications include brain inflammation and, in rarer cases, subacute sclerosing panencephalitis — a deadly neurological disorder.

From Salon • Mar. 15, 2024

Those were autoimmune hepatitis, primary sclerosing cholangitis and primary biliary cholangitis.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 26, 2021

The tertiary manifestations in the tongue are sclerosing glossitis, gummas, and gummatous ulcers.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander




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