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bejel

[ bej-uhl ]

noun

, Pathology.
  1. 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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