bejel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Endemic syphilis, a chronic disease of skin and tissue caused by infection by a subspecies of the spirochete Treponema pallidum.

Word forms

bejel

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بَجَل (bajal).

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