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{i} leprosy
In the Bible, a disease of the skin not conclusively identified, which can also affect clothes and houses
{n} a distemper of white scales
These are often followed by an eruption of dark or yellowish prominent nodules, frequently producing great deformity
痲瘋
In one variety of the disease, anæsthesia of the skin is a prominent symptom
A chronic bacterial disease affecting mainly skin and nerves If untreated, there can be progressive and permanent damage to the skin, nerves, limbs and eyes
Leprosy is an infectious disease that damages people's flesh. a very serious infectious disease in which the flesh and nerves are gradually destroyed (leprous (12-21 centuries), from leprosus, from lepra; LEPER). or Hansen disease Chronic disease of the skin and superficial nerves, caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae. In the lepromatous (cutaneous) type, grainy masses infiltrate inflamed tissue under the skin, in the lining of the upper respiratory tract, and in the testes; if this form of the disease is left untreated, the outlook is poor. The tuberculoid type, marked by spots having raised, reddish borders and patches that spread and lose feeling, may not progress or may improve. Long-term sulfa drug therapy usually helps; rehabilitation is usually also needed. Leprosy has a long history, but the disease seen today may not be the same one known in antiquity. A variety of infectious diseases that reached Europe from the East, especially with the returning Crusaders, led to the creation of leper colonies, where the ill were segregated and cared for. How leprosy spreads is still unclear; prolonged close contact with an infected person usually precedes infection. Prevention depends on recognizing cases for isolation and treatment
An infectious disease caused by infection by Mycobacterium leprae
chronic granulomatous communicable disease occurring in tropical and subtropical regions; characterized by inflamed nodules beneath the skin and wasting of body parts; caused by the bacillus Mycobacterium leprae
In addition there may be wasting of the muscles, falling out of the hair and nails, and distortion of the hands and feet with destruction of the bones and joints
{i} Hansen's disease, contagious bacterial disease (characterized by ulcerations of the skin, loss of sensation and various deformities)
A cutaneous disease which first appears as blebs or as reddish, shining, slightly prominent spots, with spreading edges
lepra A chronic mycobacterial disease that is sometimes infectious It primarily affects the peripheral nervous system and secondarily involves the skin and certain other tissues
It is incurable, and is probably contagious
lepra, cüzam