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Aleppo boil
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Aleppo boil,
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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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