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matzitzicalihuiztli.

Headword: 
matzitzicalihuiztli.
Principal English Translation: 

a type of gout that attacks the hands; an illness (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
matzitzicaliuiztlim matzitzicolihuiztli, matzitzicoliuiztli
Alonso de Molina: 

matzitzicaliuiztli. gota delas manos.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 53v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

matzitzicoliuiztli (s.) = quiragra, gota que ataca las manos (r. matzitzicoliui)
Rémi Siméon, Diccionario de la lengua náhuatl o mexicana (Mexico: Siglo XXI, 1988), 262