- Sivvens
- Sivvens Siv"vens, n. (Med.) See {Sibbens}. [1913 Webster]
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sivvens — Sibbens Sib bens, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Med.) A contagious disease, endemic in Scotland, resembling the yaws. It is marked by ulceration of the throat and nose and by pustules and soft fungous excrescences upon the surface of the body. In the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Sibbens — Sib bens, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Med.) A contagious disease, endemic in Scotland, resembling the yaws. It is marked by ulceration of the throat and nose and by pustules and soft fungous excrescences upon the surface of the body. In the Orkneys… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Joseph Adams (physician) — Joseph Adams M.D. F.L.S. (1756 mdash;20 June 1818) was a British physician and surgeon. His father was a practising apothecary in London, a rigid dissenter, whose religious scruples would not permit him to allow his son to graduate at either of… … Wikipedia
Сифилис — любострастная болезнь, франц. болезнь (Syphilis, lues venerea, morbus gallicus, variola magna, mentagra, pudendagra; grosse Vérole, mal français и пр.). С. есть хроническое инфекционное заболевание, приобретенное или наследственное; течение его… … Энциклопедический словарь Ф.А. Брокгауза и И.А. Ефрона
sibbens — (also ans, ins), var. of sivvens … Useful english dictionary
