ALEPPO BOIL; ALEPPO BUTTON; ALEPPO EVIL

n.

1 definition — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


n.

A chronic skin affection terminating in an ulcer, most commonly of the face. It is endemic along the Mediterranean, and is probably due to a specific bacillus. Called also Aleppo ulcer, Biskara boil, Delhi boil, Oriental sore, etc.


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