Usually means: Necrosis from phosphorus exposure, jaw.
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  1. phossy jaw: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. phossy jaw: Collins English Dictionary
  3. phossy jaw: Wiktionary
  4. phossy jaw: Dictionary.com
  5. Phossy-jaw, Phossy jaw: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. phossy jaw: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Phossy jaw: Encyclopedia

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  1. phossy jaw: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Phossy jaw: Medical dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (phossy jaw)

noun:  A disease resulting from exposure to white phosphorus causing degeneration of the teeth and jaw.

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