Oriental boil

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• Oriental sore — Aleppo boil A*lep po boil, Aleppo button A*lep po button, or Aleppo evil A*lep po evil . (Med.) 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• oriental sore — noun leishmaniasis of the skin; characterized by ulcerative skin lesions • Syn: ↑cutaneous leishmaniasis, ↑Old World leishmaniasis, ↑tropical sore, ↑Delhi boil, ↑Aleppo boil • Hypernyms: ↑leishmaniasis, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• Boil — A skin abscess, a collection of pus localized deep in the skin. A boil usually starts as a reddened, tender area and in time becomes firm and hard. Eventually, the center of the abscess softens and becomes filled with white blood cells that the… …   Medical dictionary

• oriental sore — Baghdad boil; = Delhi boil; = Aleppo boil a skin disease, occurring in tropical and subtropical Africa and Asia, caused by the parasitic protozoan Leishmania tropica (see leishmaniasis). The disease commonly affects children and takes the form of …   The new mediacal dictionary

• Aleppo boil — [oriental sore]. Conditions in the Eastern Mediterranean were unfamiliar and hostile to ill equipped European crusaders. The boil was the outward sign of a disease known to modern medicine as leishmaniasis. It was the consequence of a parasitic… …   Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

• Aleppo boil — A*lep po boil, Aleppo button A*lep po button, or Aleppo evil A*lep po evil . (Med.) 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.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Biskara boil — Aleppo boil A*lep po boil, Aleppo button A*lep po button, or Aleppo evil A*lep po evil . (Med.) 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Delhi boil — Aleppo boil A*lep po boil, Aleppo button A*lep po button, or Aleppo evil A*lep po evil . (Med.) 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Aleppo boil — noun leishmaniasis of the skin; characterized by ulcerative skin lesions • Syn: ↑cutaneous leishmaniasis, ↑Old World leishmaniasis, ↑oriental sore, ↑tropical sore, ↑Delhi boil • Hypernyms: ↑leishmaniasis, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• A|lep|po boil — «uh LEHP oh», = Oriental sore. (Cf. ↑Oriental sore) …   Useful english dictionary

• Aleppo boil — see oriental sore * * * Baghdad boil Old World cutaneous leishmaniasis …   Medical dictionary