amboyna button

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amboyna button - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Amboyna button \Am*boy"na but"ton\ ([a^]m*boi"n[.a] b[u^]t"t'n),
     (Med.)
     A chronic contagious affection of the skin, prevalent in the
     tropics.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]