bejel

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bejel

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Borrowed from Arabic بَجَل (bajal).

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  1. uncountable Endemic syphilis, a chronic disease of skin and tissue caused by infection by a subspecies of the spirochete Treponema pallidum.

    Similar: button scurvy, sibbens, njovera, belesh, dichuchwa

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@misc{bejel_2026,
  title = {bejel},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bejel},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}