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leprosy

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LEPROSY

n.[See Leper. ] A foul cutaneous disease, appearing in dry, white, thin, scurfy scabs, attended with violent itching. It sometimes covers the whole body, rarely the face. One species of it is called elephantiasis. The term leprosy is applied to two very distinct diseases, the scaly and the tuberculated, or the proper leprosy and the elephantiasis. The former is characterized by smooth laminated scales, sometimes livid, but usually whitish; in the latter, the skin is thickened, livid and tuberculated. It is called the black leprosy, but this term is also applied to the livid variety of the scaly leprosy.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

LEPROSY

Lep "ro *sy, n. Etym: [See Leprous. ] (Med. )

Defn: 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, anæsthesia of the skin is a prominent symptom. 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. It is incurable, and is probably contagious. Mycobacterium leprae, curable in most cases by therapy with a combination of antibiotics, but cases resistant to therapy are increasing.

Note: The disease now called leprosy, also designated as Lepra or Lepra Arabum, and Elephantiasis Græcorum, is not the same as the leprosy of the ancients. The latter was, indeed, a generic name for many varieties of skin disease (including our modern leprosy, psoriasis, etc. ), some of which, among the Hebrews, rendered a person ceremonially unclean. A variety of leprosy of the Hebrews (probably identical with modern leprosy ) was characterized by the presence of smooth, shining, depressed white patches or scales, the hair on which participated in the whiteness while the skin and adjacent flesh became insensible. It was incurable disease.

New American Oxford Dictionary

leprosy

lep ro sy |ˈleprəsē ˈlɛprəsi | ▶noun a contagious disease that affects the skin, mucous membranes, and nerves, causing discoloration and lumps on the skin and, in severe cases, disfigurement and deformities. Leprosy is now mainly confined to tropical Africa and Asia. Also called Hansen's disease. [Leprosy is caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae, which is Gram-positive, nonmotile, and acid-fast. ] ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (superseding Middle English lepry ): from leprous + -y 3 .

Oxford Dictionary

leprosy

lep |rosy |ˈlɛprəsi | ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 a contagious disease that affects the skin, mucous membranes, and nerves, causing discoloration and lumps on the skin and, in severe cases, disfigurement and deformities. Leprosy is now mainly confined to tropical Africa and Asia. Also called Hansen's disease. ●Leprosy is caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae, which is Gram-positive, non-motile, and acid-fast. 2 a state of corruption or decay. ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (superseding Middle English lepry ): from leprous + -y 3 .

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

leprosy

lep ro sy /léprəsi /名詞 U 〘医〙ハンセン病〘かつてはライ病と呼ばれた伝染病〙.l é p rous 形容詞