leproidadj.
/ˈlɛprɔɪd/, U.S. /ˈlɛˌprɔɪd/ Medicine.
Resembling leprosy or its symptoms.
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1839 London Med. Gaz. 22 Nov. 325/2 The term leproid or leprous maculatum, I venture to use for a similar colouring, when the edge of each spot is defined and circular.
1850 Lancet 6 July 9/1 There are certain strongly distinguishing characters between the squamous diseases and the leproid forms of cutaneous syphilis.
1910 Practitioner Feb. 245 A ‘leproid’ disease has been described in rats.
1983 Trans. Royal Soc. Trop. Med. & Hygiene 77 756/1 Its defining features are: (i) very characteristic histopathology of leproid appearance, showing numerous amastigotes packed in vacuolated macrophages.
2000 Jrnl. Clin. Microbiol. 38 958/1 The results presented here implicate a potentially novel mycobacterium as a probable important etiological agent in canine leproid granuloma syndrome.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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