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Definition of Sibbens

Sibbens
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 name is applied to the itch. [Written also sivvens.]

Meaning of Sibbens from wikipedia

- deals with the infectious disease sibbens, with cancers and with ‘disorders of the head from external violence’. Sibbens is now known to be endemic syphilis...
- pox" by the French. Other historical names have included "button scurvy", sibbens, frenga and dichuchwa, among others. Since it was a disgraceful disease...
- 1770), he published an account of the symptoms and cir****stances of the sibbens, the endemic form of syphilis among the poor in the west of Scotland, said...
- external violence. With observations. To which is added an account of the sibbens. Edinburgh: John Balfour; 1772. Macintyre, Iain (2016). "The life and work...
- distinct from each other. To comprehend more precisely the nature of the Sibbens or Sivvens, he made a journey into Dumfries-shire and produced a good summary...
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