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leprosy /lepˈrə-si/ noun- A chronic skin disease caused by a bacillus and occurring in two forms, tubercular, beginning with spots and thickenings of the skin, and anaesthetic, attacking the nerves, with loss of sensation in areas of skin
- A name formerly widely applied to chronic skin diseases
- Corruption (figurative)
ORIGIN: Ety as for leper leprosāˈrium noun A hospital for lepers leprosity /-rosˈi-ti/ noun Scaliness lepˈrous adjective - Of or affected with leprosy
- Scaly
- Scurfy
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