cocobayn.

Forms: Also cocoby, etc.

Etymology: < Twi kokobé.

A form of leprosy once prevalent in the West Indies.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > skin disorders > [noun] > elephantiasis

elephantica1492

elephancy1547

elephantiasis1581

hoar-leprosya1616

joint-evil1669

cocobay1788

elephantine leprosy1843

Barbados leg1849

spargosis1867

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > skin disorders > [noun] > leprosy

spittle-evil?c1225

leperc1275

meselrya1387

lepraa1398

mesela1400

leprosy?a1450

leprosityc1451

lepryc1475

leperhood1491

leperhead1493

leprousnessa1500

lazaryc1503

meselnessc1520

tyre1547

lepernessa1557

satyriasis1587

lazarousness1648

leontiasis1753

cocobay1788

Hansen's disease1938

1788 H. Macneill Observ. Treatm. Negroes Jamaica 35 Some of these disorders are not only dreadful but often incurable. These are the Yaws, [etc.];..the Bone-ache, and the Cocaby.

1801 T. Dancer Med. Assistant ix. 230 Leprosy and Coco-Bay or Joint Evil. These seem to be only varieties of the same disease; viz. the Elephantiasis or Lepra Arabum.

1807 R. Renny Hist. Jamaica 205 The diseases which peculiarly affect them [sc. Negroes]..are the yaws, the cacabay, or leprosy, dirt-eating, and the jaw-fall.

a1818 M. G. Lewis Jrnl. W. India Proprietor (1834) 144 Afflicted with the cocoa-bay, one of the most horrible of negro diseases.

1873 Lett. from Jamaica ii. 26 One wretched creature, suffering from that particular form of the disease which goes by the African name of ‘coco-bay’, asked us for an alms.

1961 F. G. Cassidy Jamaica Talk vii. 131 A type of leprosy with an African name is the cocobay.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	cocobay
释义	cocobayn. Forms: Also cocoby, etc. Etymology: < Twi kokobé. A form of leprosy once prevalent in the West Indies. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > skin disorders > [noun] > elephantiasis elephantica1492 elephancy1547 elephantiasis1581 hoar-leprosya1616 joint-evil1669 cocobay1788 elephantine leprosy1843 Barbados leg1849 spargosis1867 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > skin disorders > [noun] > leprosy spittle-evil?c1225 leperc1275 meselrya1387 lepraa1398 mesela1400 leprosy?a1450 leprosityc1451 lepryc1475 leperhood1491 leperhead1493 leprousnessa1500 lazaryc1503 meselnessc1520 tyre1547 lepernessa1557 satyriasis1587 lazarousness1648 leontiasis1753 cocobay1788 Hansen's disease1938 1788 H. Macneill Observ. Treatm. Negroes Jamaica 35 Some of these disorders are not only dreadful but often incurable. These are the Yaws, [etc.];..the Bone-ache, and the Cocaby. 1801 T. Dancer Med. Assistant ix. 230 Leprosy and Coco-Bay or Joint Evil. These seem to be only varieties of the same disease; viz. the Elephantiasis or Lepra Arabum. 1807 R. Renny Hist. Jamaica 205 The diseases which peculiarly affect them [sc. Negroes]..are the yaws, the cacabay, or leprosy, dirt-eating, and the jaw-fall. a1818 M. G. Lewis Jrnl. W. India Proprietor (1834) 144 Afflicted with the cocoa-bay, one of the most horrible of negro diseases. 1873 Lett. from Jamaica ii. 26 One wretched creature, suffering from that particular form of the disease which goes by the African name of ‘coco-bay’, asked us for an alms. 1961 F. G. Cassidy Jamaica Talk vii. 131 A type of leprosy with an African name is the cocobay. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1788
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