bejel

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بَجَل (bajal).

Noun

bejel (uncountable)

  1. Endemic syphilis, a chronic disease of skin and tissue caused by infection by a subspecies of the spirochete Treponema pallidum.
    Synonyms: button scurvy, sibbens, njovera, belesh, dichuchwa

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References

  • Willcox, R.R. (1 June 1960) “Evolutionary Cycle of the Treponematoses”, in The British Journal of Venereal Diseases[1], number 36, →DOI

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