Bejel Definition

bĕjəl
noun
A nonvenereal form of syphilis that is endemic primarily among children in the Middle East and North Africa, characterized by mouth and skin lesions and destruction of long bone tissue, and caused by a strain of the spirochete Treponema pallidum that is transmitted by mouth-to-mouth contact or shared utensils.
American Heritage Medicine

Origin of Bejel

  • Colloquial Arabic bajal

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Bejel Sentence Examples

  • Bejel occurs predominately in children aged two to 15 years.

  • Bejel is only rarely reported in the United States and then usually among immigrants and people arriving from areas where the disease is common.

  • Both sexes are equally susceptible to bejel.

  • Bejel has many other names depending on the locality, including siti (Gambia), njovera (southern Rhodesia), therlijevo (Croatia), and frenjak (Balkans).

  • Bejel is related to yaws and pinta, and together the three diseases are referred to as treponematoses.

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