VELD SORE
\vˈɛld sˈɔː], \vˈɛld sˈɔː], \v_ˈɛ_l_d s_ˈɔː]\
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A form of s. observed in southern Africa. It begins as a minute vesicle, which soon bursts and is succeeded by spreading vesication and ulceration with an erythematous border, often accompanied by lymphangitis and fever; attributed by A. Ogston to Micrococcus campaneus. [Old Eng.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe