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jungle rot
noun
Pathology.
any cutaneous disease or condition caused or induced by a tropical climate.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of jungle rot1
First recorded in 1940–45
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Example Sentences
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Medics there aided soldiers who not only had mortar and bullet wounds but also jungle rot and fungal infections and leech bites, all inflicted by the swamps.
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He suffered a mild shrapnel wound and was laid low by a nasty combination of malaria, jungle rot and a bacterial infection.
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He stomps on your tram, after splitting a giant lizard head in two, and smells a little like jungle rot.
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