leprosy

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noun

Plural noun:

leprosies

1.
(uncountable, usually)(pathology, medicine) An infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae, gradually producing nerve damage and patches of skin necrosis and historically handled by permanently quarantining its sufferers.
Then is it surely a leprosy
2.
(dated, proscribed, uncountable, usually)(medicine, dated, now usually proscribed) Similar contagious skin diseases causing light patches of scaly skin, particularly psoriasis, syphilis, vitiligo, scabies, and (biblical) the various diseases considered "tzaraath" in the Old Testament.
3.
(figuratively, uncountable, usually)(figurative) Anything considered similarly permanent, harmful, and communicable, particularly when such a thing should be handled by avoidance or isolation of its victims.
Sin is a spiritual leprosy.
4.
(veterenary medicine) A contagious disease causing similar effects in animals, particularly
5.
(obsolete, rare, uncountable, usually)Synonym of leprosarium: a place for the housing of lepers in isolation from the rest of society.
Đồng nghĩa: leprosarium

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leprosariumHansen's diseasemeselHansensiasislepra measles elephantiasisGreek elephantiasisGreek leprosyGreek lepraleprositybastard scurvyleper

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leproidleprosiedantileprosyantileproticArabian leprosybastard leprosyfeline leprosyfretting leprosyGreek leprosyhistoid leprosylepromatoid leprosylepromatous leprosyleprophobialeprosityleprostaticleprosy bacilusleprosylikeleprosy villageleproticmultibacillary leprosy

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From leprosie, from Middle French leprosie (leprosy & similar skin diseases), probably from leprous (leprous) + -ie (-y) but possibly from leprōsia (leprōsus + -ia) although this only historically attested in reference to leprosariums.