buruli ulcer
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A type of ulcer caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium ulcerans.
Example Sentences
- "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 Buruli ulcers."
- "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."
- "2006, WHO Regional Office for Africa, The Health of the People: The African Regional Health Report, World Health Organization, page 56, Neglected diseases — such as sleeping sickness, visceral leishmaniasis and Buruli ulcer — continue to take their toll in the African Region, but they no longer figure on the disease-control agenda of the developed world."