Leprosy

Meaning

Noun

●

In Medicine:

An

infectious disease

by the

Mycobacterium leprae,

and

of

and

by

its sufferers.

●

In Bible & Medicine:

Similar

of

,

,

,

,

, and (biblical) the various

considered "tzaraath" in the Old Testament.

●

Anything considered

,

, and

,

when such a

should be

by

or

of its victims.

●

A

effects in

, particularly

Ellipsis of

. and

,

in

and

by Mycobacterium lepraemurium.

Synonym of

and

in horses.

●

Synonym of

: a place for the

of

from the

of society.

Sourced from

Origin

leprosy

English

leprosia

Latin

Sourced from

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