Synonyms for leprosy
ˈlɛp rə silep·rosy

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1. leprosynoun

   Synonyms:
   Hansens disease, mesel

2. leprosynoun

   An infectious disease caused by infection by Mycobacterium leprae.

   The Europeans brought new diseases such as smallpox, measles, dysentery, influenza, syphilis and leprosy.

   Synonyms:
   Hansens disease, mesel

3. leprosynoun

   In the Bible, a disease of the skin not conclusively identified, which can also affect clothes and houses.

   Synonyms:
   Hansens disease, mesel

Princeton's WordNet

1. leprosy, Hansen's diseasenoun

   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

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1. List of paraphrases for "leprosy":

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1. Charles de LEUSSE:

   The crusaders fought war, and they won leprosy . (Les croisés firent la guerre, et ils gagnèrent la lèpre)

2. Abinash Virk:

   The physician in India who is familiar with leprosy would see a patch and quickly do a test for a loss of sensation. Here, you wouldn't even test for loss of sensation, because it's not that common to see.

3. Pemmaraju Ranganadha:

   Leprosy still exists, [But it] is getting limited to a small number of countries.

4. Thoko Elphick-Pooley:

   We can use the impetus we have now from COVID to deal with some of those diseases, like leprosy, which was around thousands of years ago and is still around, we get outraged by diseases that kill, but not by diseases that disable.

5. Kelly Clarkson:

   I ask good people. I don't want to sing with crap people, so I mean, I ask people who are great vocalists, but I'm not going to point out anyone, i have asked several people. Sometimes I feel like I have the plague, or leprosy. Even so, as far as Reba McEntire is concerned, Kelly Clarkson does n’t need Reba McEntire help.