bejel

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Arabic بَجَل (bajal). === Noun === bejel (uncountable) Endemic syphilis, a chronic disease of skin and tissue caused by infection by a subspecies of the spirochete Treponema pallidum. Synonyms: button scurvy, sibbens, njovera, belesh, dichuchwa ==== Translations ==== === See also === frambesia, yaws pinta === References === Willcox, R.R. (1 June 1960), “Evolutionary Cycle of the Treponematoses”, in The British Journal of Venereal Diseases‎[1], number 36, →DOI === Anagrams === jebel == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /beˈxel/ [beˈxel] Rhymes: -el Syllabification: be‧jel === Noun === bejel m (plural bejeles) tubfish