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Sibbens
Sib′bens
,Noun.
[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 name is applied to the itch.
[Written also
sivvens
.] Definition 2024
sibbens
sibbens
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sibbens (uncountable)
- (medicine) A contagious disease, once endemic in Scotland, resembling the yaws and marked by ulceration of the throat and nose and by pustules and soft fungous excrescences upon the surface of the body.