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leprous
  1. Relating to or infected with one of the diseases known as leprosy.
  2. (archaic) Morally infectious or infected.
  3. Appearing decayed, having the appearance of infection by leprosy.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “So you think you will just lie low and say nothing, do you, you leprous swine?”
      “When I nursed in a clinic near Bombay, a small girl, shielding all her leprous sores, crept inside the door.”
      “By 724 BC the leprous king Uzziah of Judah had not been seen for a while and finally in that year he died.”
lepromatous
  1. Relating to a leproma
  2. Relating to or afflicted by leprosy
  3. Examples:
    1. “Borderline leprosy shows an intermediate appearance between the tuberculoid and lepromatous types.”
      “While patients with tuberculoid leprosy have only a few organisms, those with lepromatous leprosy have abundant bacteria.”
      “It was within the lepromatous skin nodules using primitive staining techniques that he saw masses of rodshaped bodies.”
leprosylike
  1. Resembling or characteristic of leprosy.
lepered
  1. (archaic) Affected or tainted with leprosy.
leperous
  1. Alternative spelling of leprous
leprotic
  1. Of, or pertaining to leprosy.
  2. Examples:
    1. “With the clinical picture, a diagnosis of leprotic nerve abscess was made.Leprotic nerve abscess is an extremely rare manifestation of leprosy.”
      “The results of arthrodesis of the ankle for leprotic neuroarthropathy.”
leprosied
  1. Infected with leprosy.
leproid
  1. Resembling leprosy.
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