leprosy
lep·rosy (lep′rə sē)
noun
a progressive infectious disease caused by a bacterium (Mycobacterium leprae) that attacks the skin, flesh, nerves, etc.; it is characterized by nodules, ulcers, white scaly scabs, deformities, and the eventual loss of sensation, and is apparently communicated only after long and close contact
Etymology: ME leprūsē < leprus, lepros: see leprous
leprosy
n.
Terms for leprous diseases include: elephantiasis, joint-evil, black leprosy, dry leprosy, nontuberculated lepra, lepra cutanea, lepra nervosum (both Latin).
Converse of subject
- affect: All persons affected by leprosy should have equal access to eye care services.
Converse of object
- cure: The tincture, made from the wood, also had the reputation of curing leprosy.
- treat: In Medieval Times Garlic was used to treat leprosy.
- contract: Unfortunately still today people feel ashamed about contracting leprosy.
- cause: Back to Top 300 According to some medieval astrologers, Saturn and the moon in conjunction caused leprosy.
- have: They thought I'd said, ' I have leprosy!
- give: Job is given leprosy, has his family, money and worldly possessions taken from him and it's all a test of faith.
Adjective modifier
- lepromatous: In the second place leprosy of the scalp very rarely occurs, and does not occur apart from advanced lepromatous leprosy.
- multibacillary: Thus Bruce's intermittent illnesses leading to absences from royal duties would also fit best with multibacillary leprosy.
- popular: Contrary to popular belief leprosy is not a disease of the past but is a serious health threat right now in many developing countries.
- true: Against these two Constructs, Watts sets ' leprosy as Hansen's disease, i.e. , clinically true leprosy ' .
- malignant: The ' malignant leprosy ' is the contamination by the outside world which results from education with the Gentiles.
Modifies a noun
- bacillus: The leprosy bacillus seems to have ' got rid of ' non-essential genes.
- sufferer: The ambivalent status of the leprosy sufferer was evident, too, in the ways in which they were treated whilst in the asylum.
- colony: During her stay, Leah taught English to young girls at a leprosy colony in Central India.
- patient: All over India the climate will be very hot for leprosy patients.
- hospital: There was once a leprosy hospital where the Sun arch now stands.
- control: In every setting with a leprosy control program, a practical referral system needs to be clearly defined.
Noun used with modifier
The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling of being unwanted.
As for the grass, it grewas scant as hair in leprosyöthin dried blades pricked the mud which underneath looked kneaded up with blood. One stiff blind horse, his every bone a-stare, stood stupefied.
Browse dictionary entries near leprosy
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- leprosarium
- leprechaun
- leporine
- leporid
- Lepontine Alps
- Lepidus
- lepidote
- lepidosiren
- lepidopterist
- leprous
- -lepsy
- lept
- lepto-
- leptocephalus
- leptodactylous
- lepton
- leptophos
- leptospirosis
- Lepus
