LEPROSY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does leprosy mean? 

• LEPROSY (noun)
  The noun LEPROSY has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: LEPROSY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LEPROSY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

Hansen's disease; leprosy

Hypernyms ("leprosy" is a kind of...):

infectious disease (a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact)

Meronyms (parts of "leprosy"):

ENL; erythema nodosum leprosum (an inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "leprosy"):

tuberculoid leprosy (leprosy characterized by tumors in the skin and cutaneous nerves)

lepromatous leprosy (a very serious form of leprosy characterized by lesions that spread over much of the body and affecting many systems of the body)

Derivation:

leprous (relating to or resembling or having leprosy)

 Context examples 

It has been used to treat mycobacterial infections, including tuberculosis and leprosy.

(Glucosulfone Free Acid, NCI Thesaurus)

The girl had just the first signs of leprosy.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

It is also used to treat other types of skin diseases and certain bacterial infections, such as leprosy.

(Dapsone, NCI Dictionary)

A species of Mycobacterium that can cause tuberculosis and leprosy in mammals, but that is generally not dangerous to healthy people.

(Mycobacterium kansasii, NCI Thesaurus)

It also may be associated with Lyme disease, Wegener's granulomatosis, Sjogren syndrome, cryoglobulinemia, hypereosinophilia, temporal arteritis, scleroderma, sarcoidosis, leprosy, acute viral hepatitis A, and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

(Mononeuritis Multiplex, NCI Thesaurus)

Mycobacterium leprae is pathogenic, being the causative agent of leprosy.

(Mycobacterium leprae, NCI Thesaurus)

Up-regulation of the IL12RB2 gene is associated with certain infectious diseases such as Crohn's disease and leprosy.

(IL12RB2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Hydnocarpus seed oil is used for its antibacterial properties in the treatment of leprosy and other skin conditions.

(Hydnocarpus kurzii Seed Oil, NCI Thesaurus)

Causes include burns, dehydration, radiation, and leprosy.

(Hypohidrosis, NCI Thesaurus)

A sodium salt form of acediasulfone, a long-acting prodrug of dapsone, used in the treatment of leprosy.

(Acediasulfone Sodium, NCI Thesaurus)