leprosy
61lepromatous leprosy — noun a very serious form of leprosy characterized by lesions that spread over much of the body and affecting many systems of the body • Hypernyms: ↑leprosy, ↑Hansen s disease …
62tuberculoid leprosy — noun leprosy characterized by tumors in the skin and cutaneous nerves • Hypernyms: ↑leprosy, ↑Hansen s disease …
63borderline leprosy — an immunologically unstable type of leprosy, transitional between the tuberculoid and lepromatous forms and having clinical and histological features of both types; it may evolve toward the former by a reversal reaction or toward the latter by a… …
64borderline lepromatous leprosy — borderline leprosy that is tending toward the lepromatous type, with numerous symmetrical lesions and nerve damage …
65borderline tuberculoid leprosy — borderline leprosy that is tending toward the tuberculoid type; lesions are likely to be smaller and more numerous than usual tuberculoid ones …
66diffuse lepromatous leprosy — diffuse leprosy of Lucio Lucio l …
67histoid leprosy — a rare type of lepromatous leprosy characterized by nodules in the dermis containing whorls or bands of histiocytes …
68indeterminate leprosy — early manifestations of leprosy, consisting of a few poorly defined areas of anesthesia or hypoesthesia with hypopigmentation or erythema. Histologically, there are uncharacteristic macules in exposed areas of the skin, which may heal… …
69Lucio leprosy — a type of lepromatous leprosy seen especially in Mexico and Central America, characterized by diffuse infiltration of the skin. Advanced cases may be complicated by the Lucio phenomenon (q.v.) with necrosis and ulcers of the skin and scarring.… …
70rat leprosy — a chronic epizootic disease of wild rats caused by Mycobacterium lepraemurium, characterized by lesions containing enormous numbers of acid fast bacilli closely resembling M. leprae in size and shape, which may be transmitted to white rats, mice …
