ARNALDIA
\ɑːnˈaldi͡ə], \ɑːnˈaldiə], \ɑː_n_ˈa_l_d_iə]\
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A disease, which appears to have prevailed in England at one time, but whose origin and nature are unknown. It was accompanied with loss of hair; and, by some, is supposed to have been Syphilis. "Deinde uterque Rex incidit in aegritudinem, quam Arnaldiam vocant, in qua ipsi usque ad mortem laborantes, capillos suos deposuerunt."-Rogerus Hovedenus, in Ricardo I., cited by Du Cange.
By Robley Dunglison
