An archaic or alternative form referring to a skin disease or eruption; ringworm or similar condition.
From Old French 'dartre,' possibly related to 'dart' or derived from Germanic roots meaning a spreading or eating disease.
Medieval doctors called skin diseases 'dartres' because they seemed to 'dart' or spread unpredictably across the skin—showing how disease names often reflect observable behavior!
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