| 释义 |
bejel|ˈbeɪdʒəl, ˈbɛ-|
[Arab.]
(See quot. 1961.)
1928E. H. Hudson in U.S. Nav. Med. Bull. XXVI. 818 The Bedouins have a disease which they call bejel. The practitioners of medicine..refer to this disease without hesitation as syphilis... Bejel is usually contracted in childhood, and apparent recovery follows quickly. 1945Lancet 21 Apr. 505/2 Why..is syphilis spread venereally, while yaws and bejel are spread either by contact or by various insects feeding on the infected discharging sores? 1961Brit. Med. Dict. 184/1 Bejel, a non-venereal form of syphilis which is endemic among the Arabs (particularly the children) of the valleys along the Middle Euphrates. The infecting organism is morphologically indistinguishable from Treponema pallidum. |