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أُكَالٌ ذ (tropical:) A corrosion, or cankering, or decaying, of a limb, or member, [and of a sore,] from the mutual eating away of its several parts; as also ↓ إِِكَالٌ . (K, TA.) [See also أَكِلَةٌ, voce إِِكْلَةٌ, where a similar meaning is assigned to the former of these two words; and the same seems to be indicated in the Msb.] ― -b2- See also another signification voce إِِكْلَةٌ. ― -b3- بَهَا أُكَالٌ, said of a she-camel, (tropical:) She has an itching and annoyance in her belly, (S, K,) from the growth of the hair, (S,) or of the fur, (K,) of her fœtus. (S, K.)

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