Leprosy Definition

lĕprə-sē
noun
A progressive infectious disease caused by a bacterium (Mycobacterium leprae) that attacks the skin, flesh, nerves, etc.; it is characterized by nodules, ulcers, white scaly scabs, deformities, and the eventual loss of sensation, and is apparently communicated only after long and close contact.
Webster's New World

In the Bible, a disease of the skin not conclusively identified, which can also affect clothes and houses.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • Hansen's disease
  • lepra
  • nerve paralysis
  • leprous inflammation
  • leprous infection

Other Word Forms of Leprosy

Noun

Singular:
leprosy
Plural:
leprosies

Origin of Leprosy

  • Middle English lepruse from leprus leprous leprous

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin leprōsia.

    From Wiktionary

Leprosy Sentence Examples

  • He succumbed to leprosy on the 15th of April 1889.

  • In the reign of Jehoram, Naaman, the Syrian general, came and was cleansed by the prophet Elisha of leprosy (2 Kings v.).

  • In Medieval Times Garlic was used to treat leprosy.

  • The well of Kildinguie was once resorted to as a specific for leprosy.

  • There is a modern asylum for leprosy at Laugarnes near Reykjavik, and a medical school at Reykjavik, opened in 1876.

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Words Starting With

LLELEP

Words Ending With

YSYOSY

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Words Starting With L and Ending With Y

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