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Buruli ulcer

Buruli ulcer noun: a type of ulcer caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium ulcerans.

Noun

Buruli ulcer (plural Buruli ulcers)

  1. A type of ulcer caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium ulcerans.
    • All of these farming activities were in swampy riverine areas, as has been observed in all other foci where Buruli ulcer is endemic (van der Werf et al., 1999; van Oye & Ballio, 1950).[…]In Australia, people living near a golf course, that was sprinkled by water pumped from a swamp, developed...2004, Eldryd Parry, Richard Godfrey, Geoffrey Gill, David Mabey, editors, Principles of Medicine in Africa, Cambridge University Press, page 1302
    • Other infectious processes, such as tuberculosis and atypical mycobacterium infections (Fig. 5.1), or Buruli ulcers should be considered, depending on the circumstances and clinical findings.2005, Avi Shai, Howard I. Maibach, Wound Healing and Ulcers of the Skin: Diagnosis and Therapy - The Practical Approach, Springer, page 55

Forms of Buruli ulcer

pluralBuruli ulcers

Origin of Buruli ulcer

Named after a county of Uganda where important foci of the disease were studied.

Questions about Buruli ulcer

What does Buruli ulcer mean?
Buruli ulcer means a type of ulcer caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium ulcerans.
What part of speech is Buruli ulcer?
Buruli ulcer is a noun.
What is the plural of Buruli ulcer?
The plural of Buruli ulcer is Buruli ulcers.

Words near Buruli ulcer in the dictionary

  1. Buruanga
  2. Buruca
  3. Burucas
  4. burucha
  5. burukutu
  6. Buruli ulcer
  7. Buruli ulcers
  8. Burum
  9. burundanga
  10. Burundi
  11. Burundian

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