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lepra

noun(lep-ra)

leprosy

lepra

noun(lep-ra)

a chronic infectious disease that is caused by a mycobacterium (Mycobacterium leprae), affects especially the skin and peripheral nerves, and is characterized by the formation of nodules or macules that enlarge and spread and are accompanied by loss of sensation with eventual paralysis, wasting of muscle, and production of deformities —called also hansenosis, Hansen's disease, lepra

lepra

noun(lep-ra)

one of the acute episodes of chills and fever, malaise, and skin eruption occurring in the chronic course of leprosy

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