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ORIENTAL SORE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does oriental sore mean?
• ORIENTAL SORE (noun)
The noun ORIENTAL SORE has 1 sense:
1. leishmaniasis of the skin; characterized by ulcerative skin lesions
Familiarity information: ORIENTAL SORE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Leishmaniasis of the skin; characterized by ulcerative skin lesions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
Aleppo boil; cutaneous leishmaniasis; Delhi boil; Old World leishmaniasis; oriental sore; tropical sore
Hypernyms ("oriental sore" is a kind of...):
kala azar; leishmaniasis; leishmaniosis (sores resulting from a tropical infection by protozoa of the genus Leishmania which are spread by sandflies)
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