‖ craw-craw Pathol.
(ˈkrɔːˌkrɔː)
[app. a Dutch Negro name, from Du. kraauw scratch, kraauw-en to scratch, to claw.]
A malignant species of pustulous itch, prevalent on the African coast, especially about Sierra Leone.
| 1863 Wanderings in W. Africa II. 93 A bad kind of scabies, commonly called craw-craw..not confined to mankind; goats and other animals often die of it. 1891 Nature 20 Aug., A papulo-vesicular skin disease called craw-craw is endemic in the sleeping sickness region..O'Neil found a filaria-like parasite in the vesicles of craw-craw. |