Alcula

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Alcula vel alcola arabice pustule ulcerose que in ore et lingua fiunt.


Apparatus:

pustule | pustole j
ulcerose ABCH fp | uel cerose ms. e
que in ore et lingua fiunt ABCDH fp | q. f. i. o. et l. ms. e


Translation:

Alcula or alcola is Arabic for ulcerous pustules, which are produced in the mouth and on the tongue.


Commentary:

Alcula/ alcola:
Wehr (1976): ﻗﻼﻉ /qulāʕ/ "thrush, canker of the mouth, ulcerative stomatitis, stomacace (med.)".
Cf. also Vázquez de Benito & Herrera (1989: 76).


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