Definition of: leprosy

(lep′rə·sē) noun Pathol.
A chronic, endemic, communicable disease characterized by nodular skin lesions, nerve paralysis, and physical mutilation: caused by the micro–organism Mycobacterium or Bacillus leprae. Also Hansen's disease. [<OF leprosie, prob. <LL leprosus <L lepra. See LEPER.]

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