Aleppo boil

English

Noun

Aleppo boil (plural Aleppo boils)

(medicine, archaic) A chronic skin disorder terminating in an ulcer, thought to be caused by the protozoan Leishmania tropica.

Synonyms

Aden ulcer, Biskara boil, Delhi boil, Natal boil, tropical ulcer

References

“Aleppo boil”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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