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‖ courap|ˈkʊərəp| [ad. west. Ind. vernacular khurup a kind of herpes; cf. Mahrātī kharpadī scale or scab, kharapne to scratch; Skr. kshur to scratch.] ‘Name given in India to cutaneous diseases attended with itching and eruptions’ (Syd. Soc. Lex.).
1706Phillips, Courap, a kind of Indian Itch, a Disease like a Tetter or Ring-worm. 1811Hooper Dict., Courap, a distemper very common in Java, and other parts of the East Indies, where there is a perpetual itching and discharge of matter. It is herpes on the axilla, groins, breast, and face. 1868Hoblyn Dict. Terms Med. 178 Courap, a form of Impetigo, peculiar to India, described by Sauvages under the term scabies Indica. |