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Hansen's disease

(hansənz)

leprosy

Origin: after A. Hansen (1841-1912), Norw physician who discovered its causative bacterium

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noun

Origin:

Origin: After Gerhard Henrik Armauer Hansen (1841-1912), Norwegian physician

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