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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