Natal boil

noun

Synonym of Aleppo boil.

Meanings

nounNatal boil (plural Natal boils)

plural Natal boils

  1. Synonym of Aleppo boil.

    Indeed, nothing frightened me so much as what I heard when I first arrived about Natal sores and Natal boils. Everybody told me that ever so slight a cut or abrasion went on slowly festering […]

    1877, Mary Anne Barker, A Year's Housekeeping in South Africa, page 115

    Synonyms: Aleppo boil

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of Aleppo boil.

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