Look up: Leprosy


  1. leprosy
    [n] - chronic granulomatous communicable disease occurring in tropical and subtropical regions
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  2. Leprosy
    Leprosy: See: Hansen disease. Common Misspellings: leprecy
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  3. leprosy
    Disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae , an obligate intracellular parasite that survives lysosomal enzyme attack by possessing a waxy coat. Leprosy is a chronic disease associated with depressed cellular (but not humoral) immunity; the bacterium requires a lower temperature than 37°C, and thrives ...
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  4. Leprosy
    Lep'ro·sy (lĕp'ro*sȳ) noun [ See Leprous .] (Medicine) A cutaneous disease which first appears as blebs or as reddish, shining, slightly prominent spots, with spreading edges. These are often followed by an eruption of dark or ...
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  5. leprosy
    <infectious disease> Caused by Mycobacterium leprae, an obligate intracellular parasite that survives lysosomal enzyme attack by possessing a waxy coat. ... Leprosy is a chronic disease associated with depressed cellular (but not humoral) immunity, the bacterium requires a lower temperature th...
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  6. leprosy
    Hansen`s disease noun chronic granulomatous communicable disease occurring in tropical and subtropical regions; characterized by inflamed nodules beneath the skin and wasting of body parts; cause...
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  7. leprosy
    (lep´rә-se) a communicable, but not readily contagious, inflammatory disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae, with the bacillus entering the body through the skin or mucous membranes; it has occurred in every country in the world, but is now primarily a tropical disease. It is not inherited an...
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  8. Leprosy
    • (n.) A cutaneous disease which first appears as blebs or as reddish, shining, slightly prominent spots, with spreading edges. These are often followed by an eruption of dark or yellowish prominent nodules, frequently producing great deformity. In one variety of the disease, anaesthesia of the...
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  9. leprosy
    chronic infectious disease that affects the skin, the peripheral nerves (nerves outside the brain and spinal cord), and the mucous membranes of the ... [12 related articles]
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  10. leprosy
    leprosy 1. A slowly progressive, chronic infectious disease said to be caused by Mycobacterium leprae and characterized by granulomatous or neurotrophic lesions in the skin, mucous membranes, nerves, bones, and viscera, with a broad spectrum of clinical symptoms. 2. A chronic, mildly contagious gra...
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  1. Leprosy
    [album] Leprosy is the second album by death metal band Death, released in 1988. Notably different in tone and quality from the 1987 debut, it is the first example of Scott Burns` work heard on many of the death metal and grindcore albums of that era. The cover is featured in Metal: A Headba...
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  2. Leprosy
    Leprosy , Hansen`s disease (HD) is a chronic disease caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium lepromatosis. Named after physician Gerhard Armauer Hansen, leprosy is primarily a granulomatous disease of the peripheral nerves and mucosa of the upper respiratory tract; skin lesion...
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  3. leprosy
    Also known as Hansen's disease, a chronic disease caused by a myobacterium and virtually restricted to tropical zones. Leprosy leads to skin nodules with loss of pigmentation, mucous membrane lesions in nose and pharynx, and neuritis with nerve thickening, loss of pain sensation, and patchy weakness...
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  4. leprosy
    leprosy or Hansen's disease (hăn'sunz) , chronic, mildly infectious malady capable of producing, when untreated, various deformities and disfigurements. It is caused by the rod-shaped bacterium Mycobacterium leprae, first described by G. Armauer Hansen, a Norwegian physician, in 1874. The ...
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  5. Leprosy
    Leprosy (named after the Greek, lepros meaning rough), is a name applied at one time to several different skin diseases characterized by roughness or scaliness. True leprosy is the elephantiasis of the Greeks, the lepra of the Arabs, whose old English name was the myckle ail or great disease. It is ...
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  6. leprosy
    Type: Term Pronunciation: lep′rŏ-sē Definitions: 1. A chronic granulomatous infection caused by Mycobacterium leprae affecting the cooler body parts, especially the skin, peripheral nerves, and testes. Leprosy is classified into two main types, lepromatous and tuberculoid, representi...
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  7. leprosy
    Chronic, progressive disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae, closely related to that of tuberculosis. The infection attacks the skin and nerves. Leprosy is endemic in 28 countries, and confined almost entirely to the tropics. It is controlled with drugs. Worldwide, there were 40...
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  8. Leprosy
    Hansen's disease Leprosy is caused by an infection with Mycobacterium leprae. The mode of transmission is usually not apparent. The clinical signs and symptoms depend to a great extent on the host immune response to M. leprae. Leprosy is classified on a continuum from tuberculoid, with a good host r...
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  9. Leprosy
    Also known as Hansen's disease; it is a chronic bacterial infection that damages the nerves (especially in the limbs and facial area) and can cause severe skin damage. If left untreated, very serious complications occur including blindness and disfigurement. Leprosy is spread through droplets of nas...
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  10. leprosy
    1) Hansen`s disease 2) Infectious disease
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