資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Aleppo boil \A*lep"po boil\, button \button\, or evil \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. Called also
{Aleppo ulcer}, {Biskara boil}, {Delhi boil}, {Oriental
sore}, etc.
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.
{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.
資料來源 : WordNet®
Delhi boil
n : leishmaniasis of the skin; characterized by ulcerative skin
lesions [syn: {cutaneous leishmaniasis}, {Old World
leishmaniasis}, {oriental sore}, {tropical sore}, {Aleppo
boil}]