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 A·den ul·cer  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.
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 Boil, n.  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.
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 Delhi boil
      n : leishmaniasis of the skin; characterized by ulcerative skin
          lesions [syn: cutaneous leishmaniasis, Old World
          leishmaniasis, oriental sore, tropical sore, Aleppo
          boil]