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n : the one of the three divisions of the psyche in psychoanalytic theory that is completely unconscious and is the source of psychic energy derived from instinctual needs and drives - compare EGO SUPEREGO , n : a skin rash that is an allergic reaction to an agent causing an infection <a syphilitic > <tinea pedis and the vesicular sarising from it -Jour. Amer. Med. Assoc.> - compare BACTERID , abbr [Latin idem] the same . abbr 1 identification 2 inside diameter; internal diameter 3 intradermal .
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