Hansen's Disease Definition

hansənz
noun
Webster's New World

(pathology) The disease leprosy, caused by infection by Mycobacterium leprae.

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Origin of Hansen's Disease

  • Named after Norwegian physician Gerhard Armauer Hansen (1841-1912) who in 1873 discovered the bacterium causing the disease.

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