leprosy

名词 n.
中文释义
发音 lěp'rə-sē

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae, gradually producing nerve damage and patches of skin necrosis and historically handled by permanently quarantining its sufferers. uncountable,usually
    — Then is it surely a leprosy
  2. Similar contagious skin diseases causing light patches of scaly skin, particularly psoriasis, syphilis, vitiligo, scabies, and (biblical) the various diseases considered "tzaraath" in the Old Testament. dated,proscribed,uncountable,usually
  3. Anything considered similarly permanent, harmful, and communicable, particularly when such a thing should be handled by avoidance or isolation of its victims. figuratively,uncountable,usually
    — Sin is a spiritual leprosy.
  4. A contagious disease causing similar effects in animals, particularly; Ellipsis of murine leprosy or feline leprosy (“diseases caused in rodents and cats by Mycobacterium lepraemurium”). abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis,uncountable,usually
  5. A contagious disease causing similar effects in animals, particularly; Synonym of mange and glanders in horses. obsolete,uncountable,usually
  6. Synonym of leprosarium: a place for the housing of lepers in isolation from the rest of society. obsolete,rare,uncountable,usually

词形变化

leprosies plural

词汇关系

下位词
histoid leprosy lepromatous leprosy lepromatoid leprosy multibacillary leprosy paucibacillary leprosy tuberculoid leprosy alphos melas leuce vitiligo
衍生词
antileprosy antileprotic Arabian leprosy bastard leprosy feline leprosy fretting leprosy Greek leprosy histoid leprosy leproid lepromatoid leprosy lepromatous leprosy leprophobia leprosied leprosity leprostatic leprosy bacilus leprosylike leprosy village leprotic multibacillary leprosy murine leprosy neural leprosy nodular leprosy paucibacillary leprosy rat leprosy tuberculoid leprosy white leprosy
相关词
leper leprologic leprological leprologist leprology leproma lepromatic lepromatoid lepromatous leprous tetter

词源

From Norman leprosie, from Middle French leprosie (“leprosy & similar skin diseases”), probably from leprous (“leprous”) + -ie (“-y”) but possibly from Medieval Latin leprōsia (leprōsus + -ia) although this only historically attested in reference to leprosariums.
The shift of sense from psoriasis to Hansen's disease occurred in large part from the use of λέπρα (lépra) to translate Hebrew צרעת (“tzaraath”) in the Septuagint and its subsequent use in the New Testament and Late Latin.
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