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نَاسُورٌ

Root: نسر

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نَاسُورٌ (also written with ص, S, Msb,) A certain disease that happens in the inner angles of the eyes, with an incessant defluxion therefrom: and sometimes it happens also in the part around the anus: and in the gum: or it signifies also a certain disease in the part around the anus: and a certain disease in the gum: and is an arabicized word [from the Persian]: نَوَاصِير, pl. of نَاصُورٌ, accord. to certain of the physicians, is a term applied to deep ulcers in the anus, at the extremity of the gut. (Msb, art. نصر.)
2 Also, A vein constantly becoming recrudescent, (عِرْقٌ غَبِرٌ,) with an incessant defluxion; corrupt within; whenever its upper part heals, breaking forth again with corruption. See also غَرْبٌ.
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