en coup de sabre
Meanings
adj
- Of a subtype of localised scleroderma, having a linear, atrophic depression on the frontoparietal scalp.
noun
- A subtype of localised scleroderma that presents with a linear, atrophic depression on the frontoparietal scalp.
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From French en coup de sabre (literally “by/in a strike of the sword”), so-called because of its resemblance to the scar of a sabre wound.
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