Aleppo boil

A`lep´po boil

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(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. Called also Aleppo ulcer, Biskara boil, Delhi boil, Oriental sore, etc.

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Aleppo boil - leishmaniasis of the skin; characterized by ulcerative skin lesions cutaneous leishmaniasis, Delhi boil, Old World leishmaniasis, oriental sore, tropical sore kala azar, leishmaniasis, leishmaniosis - sores resulting from a tropical infection by protozoa of the genus Leishmania which are spread by sandflies