delhi boil

3 definitions found

delhi boil - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Aden ulcer \A"den ul"cer\ ([aum]"den [u^]l"s[~e]r or [=a]"den
     [u^]l"s[~e]r). [So named after Aden, a seaport in Southern
     Arabia, where it occurs.] (Med.)
     One of the numerous names of the lesion of Old World
     cutaneous leishmaniasis. Called also Aleppo boil, Aleppo button
     , Aleppo evil, Bagdad boil, Biskra boil, Cochin China ulcer
     , Delhi boil, Jerico boil, Oriental boil,
     Oriental sore, Persian ulcer, tropical ulcer, etc.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl. + AS]

  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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]

delhi boil - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Delhi boil
      n 1: leishmaniasis of the skin; characterized by ulcerative skin
           lesions [syn: cutaneous leishmaniasis, Old World leishmaniasis
           , oriental sore, tropical sore, Delhi boil
           , Aleppo boil]