Tropical acne
tropical acne n.
Severe acne occurring in hot humid climates and covering the entire trunk, shoulders, upper arms, buttocks, and thighs.
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tropical anemia n. Any of various anemic conditions occurring in persons in tropical climates, usually resulting from nutritional deficiencies or hookworm infestation.
- Tropical-aquarium
noun 1. an aquarium designed for the maintenance and breeding of tropical fish and kept at a suitably warm temperature.
- Tropical bubo
tropical bubo n. See venereal lymphogranuloma.
- Tropical-cyclone
noun 1. a cyclone that originates over a tropical ocean area and can develop into the destructive storm known in the U.S. as a hurricane, in the western Pacific region as a typhoon, and elsewhere by other names. Compare extratropical cyclone, hurricane (def 1), willy-willy. tropical cyclone (trŏp’ĭ-kəl) See under cyclone.
- Tropical-depression
noun, Meteorology. 1. an atmospheric low-pressure system originating in the tropics, specifically, a tropical cyclone in which the maximum sustained wind speed is 38 miles per hour (62 kilometers per hour) or less. tropical depression noun 1. (Caribbean) an area of heavy rains and winds, the first stage in the development of a possible hurricane […]