leprosy
41leprosy — UK [ˈleprəsɪ] / US noun [uncountable] a serious disease that affects the skin, nerves, and bones and can cause people s fingers and toes to fall off …
42leprosy — [ˈleprəsi] noun [U] a serious disease that affects the skin, nerves, and bones and can cause people s fingers and toes to fall off …
43leprosy — lep•ro•sy [[t]ˈlɛp rə si[/t]] n. pat a chronic, slowly progressing, usu. mildly infectious disease caused by the bacillus Mycobacterium leprae, marked by destruction of tissue and loss of sensation and characterized in persons with poor… …
44leprosy — /ˈlɛprəsi / (say lepruhsee) noun a mildly infectious disease due to a microorganism, Bacillus leprae, and variously characterised by ulcerations, tubercular nodules, spots of pigmentary excess or deficit, loss of fingers and toes, anaesthesia in… …
45leprosy — Ma i lēpela, lēpela, ma i Pākē, ma i ali i, ma i ho oka awale …
46leprosy — An infectious disease communicated by close contact characterized by scabs on the skin and in its extremity the wasting away of parts of the body, especially the fingers and toes …
47leprosy — n. 1 a contagious bacterial disease that affects the skin, mucous membranes, and nerves, causing disfigurement. Also called HANSEN S DISEASE. 2 moral corruption or contagion. Etymology: LEPROUS + Y(3) …
48reactional leprosy — leprosy that is complicated by one of the lepra reactions (see under reaction) …
49Marie Adelaide Leprosy Centre — in Karachi, Pakistan is run by Dr. Ruth Pfau, who is also a Roman Catholic religious sister of the Society of Daughters of the Heart of Mary.[1] Its social work department was founded 1962 by Dr. I. K. Gill and work for the leprosy patients and… …
50Diffuse leprosy of Lucio and Latapí — The diffuse leprosy of Lucio and Lapatí, also known as diffuse lepromatous leprosy or pretty leprosy is a clinical variety of lepromatous leprosy. It was first described by Lucio and Alvarado in 1852 and re identified by Latapí in 1936. It is… …
