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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(pathology, obsolete, rare) A painful disease characterised by subcutaneous nodules.
The disease called chappa by the Popo people, in the western district of the colony of Lagos, seems to me to be a specific ailment, and one which I have not seen described in any of the text-books.
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Chappa means (pathology, obsolete, rare) A painful disease characterised by subcutaneous nodules.
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The disease called chappa by the Popo people, in the western district of the colony of Lagos, seems to me to be a specific ailment, and one which I have not seen described in any of the text-books.
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