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Leprosy

Leprosy Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Leprosy?
[n] chronic granulomatous communicable disease occurring in tropical and subtropical regions; characterized by inflamed nodules beneath the skin and wasting of body parts; caused by the bacillus Mycobacterium leprae
Synonyms | Synonyms for Leprosy: Hansen's disease Related Terms | Find terms related to Leprosy: acne | acne vulgaris | acute articular rheumatism | African lethargy | ague | alkali disease | amebiasis | amebic dysentery | anthrax | Asiatic cholera | bacillary dysentery | bastard measles | black death | black fever | blackwater fever | breakbone fever | brucellosis | bubonic plague | cachectic fever | cerebral rheumatism | Chagres fever | chicken pox | cholera | cowpox | dandy fever | deer fly fever | dengue | dengue fever | dermamycosis | dermatitis | dermatosis | diphtheria | dumdum fever | dysentery | eczema | elephantiasis | encephalitis lethargica | enteric fever | epithelioma | erysipelas | erythema | exanthem | famine fever | five-day fever | flu | frambesia | German measles | glandular fever | grippe | hansenosis | Haverhill fever | heat rash | hepatitis | herpes | herpes simplex | herpes zoster | histoplasmosis | hives | hookworm | hydrophobia | impetigo | infantile paralysis | infectious mononucleosis | inflammatory rheumatism | influenza | itch | jail fever | jungle rot | kala azar | kissing disease | lepra | leptospirosis | lichen | lichen primus | loa loa | loaiasis | lockjaw | lupus | lupus vulgaris | madness | malaria | malarial fever | marsh fever | measles | meningitis | miliaria | milzbrand | mumps | ornithosis | osteomyelitis | paratyphoid fever | parotitis | parrot fever | pemphigus | pertussis | pneumonia | polio | poliomyelitis | polyarthritis rheumatism | ponos | prickly heat | pruigo | pruritus | psittacosis | psora | rabbit fever | rabies | rat-bite fever | relapsing fever | rheumatic fever | rickettsialpox | ringworm | rubella | rubeola | scabies | scarlatina | scarlet fever | schistosomiasis | septic sore throat | shingles | skin cancer | sleeping sickness | sleepy sickness | smallpox | snail fever | splenic fever | spotted fever | strep throat | swamp fever | tetanus | tetter | thrush | tinea | trench fever | trench mouth | tuberculosis | tularemia | typhoid | typhoid fever | typhus | typhus fever | undulant fever | vaccinia | varicella | variola | venereal disease | viral dysentery | whooping cough | yaws | yellow fever | yellow jack | zona | zoster See Also | ENL | erythema nodosum leprosum | infectious disease | lepromatous leprosy | tuberculoid leprosy Leprosy In Webster's Dictionary \Lep"ro*sy\ (l[e^]p"r[-o]*s[y^]), n. [See {Leprous}.]
(Med.)
A cutaneous disease which first appears as blebs or as
reddish, shining, slightly prominent spots, with spreading
edges. These are often followed by an eruption of dark or
yellowish prominent nodules, frequently producing great
deformity. In one variety of the disease, an[ae]sthesia of
the skin is a prominent symptom. In addition there may be
wasting of the muscles, falling out of the hair and nails,
and distortion of the hands and feet with destruction of the
bones and joints. It is incurable, and is probably
contagious.
Note: The disease now called leprosy, also designated as
Lepra or Lepra Arabum, and Elephantiasis Gr[ae]corum,
is not the same as the leprosy of the ancients. The
latter was, indeed, a generic name for many varieties
of skin disease (including our modern leprosy,
psoriasis, etc.), some of which, among the Hebrews,
rendered a person ceremonially unclean. A variety of
leprosy of the Hebrews (probably identical with modern
leprosy) was characterized by the presence of smooth,
shining, depressed white patches or scales, the hair on
which participated in the whiteness, while the skin and
adjacent flesh became insensible. It was an incurable
disease.
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