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bejel
[ bej-uhl ]
noun
, Pathology.
- a nonvenereal syphilis occurring mainly among children in certain subtropical areas of southern Africa and southeastern Asia, caused by the spirochete strain Treponema pallidum endemicum.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bejel1
First recorded in 1925–30, bejel is from the Arabic word bajl
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