delhi boil

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
Delhi boil
    n 1: leishmaniasis of the skin; characterized by ulcerative skin
         lesions [syn: {cutaneous leishmaniasis}, {Old World
         leishmaniasis}, {oriental sore}, {tropical sore}, {Delhi
         boil}, {Aleppo boil}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Aden ulcer \A"den ul"cer\ ([aum]"den [u^]l"s[~e]r or [=a]"den
   [u^]l"s[~e]r). [So named after Aden, a seaport in Southern
   Arabia, where it occurs.] (Med.)
   One of the numerous names of the lesion of Old World
   cutaneous leishmaniasis. Called also {Aleppo boil}, {Aleppo
   button}, {Aleppo evil}, {Bagdad boil}, {Biskra boil}, {Cochin
   China ulcer}, {Delhi boil}, {Jerico boil}, {Oriental boil},
   {Oriental sore}, {Persian ulcer}, {tropical ulcer}, etc.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl. + AS]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Boil \Boil\, n. [Influenced by boil, v. See {Beal}, {Bile}.]
   A hard, painful, inflamed tumor, which, on suppuration,
   discharges pus, mixed with blood, and discloses a small
   fibrous mass of dead tissue, called the core.
   [1913 Webster]

   {A blind boil}, one that suppurates imperfectly, or fails to
      come to a head.

   {Delhi boil} (Med.), a peculiar affection of the skin,
      probably parasitic in origin, prevailing in India (as
      among the British troops) and especially at Delhi.
      [1913 Webster]
    

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