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pinta fever(medicine)

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pinta noun1. E19.
[Spanish, lit. 'coloured spot' from late Latin pincta from Latin picta use as noun of fem. pa. pple of pingere to paint.]
A skin disease widespread in tropical America, caused by the spirochaete Treponema carateum and characterized by rough blotchy skin.