chappa

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noun

A painful disease characterised by subcutaneous nodules

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Meanings

nounchappa (uncountable)
  1. obsoleterareuncountablemedicineA painful disease characterised by subcutaneous nodules

    The disease called chappa by the Popo people, in the western district of the colony of Lagos, seems to me to be a specific ailment, and one which I have not seen described in any of the text-books.

    1901 October 15, Edward H. Read, “Chappa”, in The Journal of Tropical Medicine
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