أُكَالٌ

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أُكَالٌ A corrosion, or cankering, or decaying, of a limb, or member, [and of a sore,] from the mutual eating away of its several parts; as also إِكَالٌ . [See also أَكِلَةٌ, voce إِكْلَةٌ, where a similar meaning is assigned to the former of these two words; and the same seems to be indicated in the Msb.]
2 See also another signification voce إِكْلَةٌ.
3 بَهَا أُكَالٌ, said of a she-camel, She has an itching and annoyance in her belly, from the growth of the hair, or of the fur, of her fœtus.

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