OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 18512

leprosy

/ˈlɛpɹəsi/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
lepra
An infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae, gradually producing nerve damage and patches of skin necrosis and historically handled by permanently quarantining its sufferers.
The great London doctors knew nothing about leprosy and cared less.
Then is it surely a leprosy
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