leprophilian.

1953 tr. R. N. Miranda in Revista Brasileira de Leprologia 21 68 The author proposes..to give the name of leprophilia (leprofilia) to cases of persons who want to be leprous.

1958 Central Afr. Jrnl. Med. 4 337/1 One of the most unintelligible neurotic states is leprophilia. One young man who had served in a clerical capacity in a leprosarium in Nigeria had learned to simulate leprotic anaesthesia so perfectly that he had fooled most of the experts.

1960 Dermatologica 120 320 Three important diagnostic considerations should be borne in mind. One is that of persons pretending to have leprosy (leprophilia) in order to avoid being separated from an infected member of their family.

2008 R. Barrett Aghor Med. ii. 69 One of Banaras's most reputable biomedical dermatologists stated that..the only people who get advanced leprosy are those who want to become professional beggars. A medical officer of a leprosy-treatment center in a neighbouring town made a similar assertion in the form of a diagnosis: ‘leprophilia’.

1963 P. West Mod. Novel ii. i. 97 Leprophilia is the extremist answer.

1973 G. Daws Holy Man iv. xiv. 166 It was hard to distinguish, through the mails, what might constitute a genuine vocation from what might be no more than a dubious long-distance leprophilia.

2005 T. D. Sabin et al. in P. J. Dyck & P. K. Thomas Peripheral Neuropathy (ed. 4) II. xci. 2082/1 The end of the Crusades brought the return of leprosy stigma; the brief era of ‘leprophilia’ gave way to the return of social opprobrium.