leprosy
11leprosy — leprotic /le prot ik/, adj. /lep reuh see/, n. Pathol. a chronic, mildly infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae, affecting the peripheral nervous system, skin, and nasal mucosa and variously characterized by ulcerations, tubercular… …
12Leprosy — A chronic granulomatous infection caused by a bacillus (bacterium) that affects various areas of the body, particularly the skin and nerves. (Granulomas are inflammatory nodules that are usually small, granular, firm, and persistent.) The… …
13LEPROSY — The term ẓaraʿat is traditionally rendered leprosy because of its translation by Greek lepra (LXX, New Testament, and Josephus). The Greek covers a wide range of diseases that produced scales. Greek lepra may have included true leprosy, i.e.,… …
14leprosy — Hansen s disease; n. a chronic disease, caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae, that affects the skin, mucous membranes, and nerves. It is confined mainly to the tropics and is transmitted by direct contact. After an incubation period of… …
15leprosy — In the context of the medical missions, Protestants developed specialized ministries to alleviate the physical and social suffering of leprosy (now known as Hansen s disease). in the 19th century, many of the thousands of Western missionaries… …
16leprosy — n. 1) to develop leprosy 2) to have, suffer from leprosy * * * [ leprəsɪ] suffer from to develop leprosy to have …
17Leprosy — (Heb. tsara ath, a smiting, a stroke, because the disease was regarded as a direct providential infliction). This name is from the Greek lepra, by which the Greek physicians designated the disease from its scaliness. We have the description of …
18leprosy — noun VERB + LEPROSY ▪ have LEPROSY + NOUN ▪ bacillus ▪ patient …
19leprosy — The disease known today as ‘leprosy’ with its ulceration and paralysis was not the ‘leprosy’ of the Bible, which was rather a skin complaint (as with Naaman, 2 Kgs. 5) possibly connected with an emotional disturbance. Lepers in the Bible were… …
20leprosy — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. leprous infection, leprous inflammation, nerve paralysis, lepra; see disease . Terms for leprous diseases include: elephantiasis, joint evil, black leprosy, dry leprosy, nontuberculated lepra, lepra cutanea, lepra nervosum (… …
