| LEPROSE | • leprose adj. (Medicine) Synonym of leprous, afflicted with leprosy. • leprose adj. (Botany) Synonym of scaly or lepidote, particularly describing lichens with a granular or powdery thallus. • LEPROSE adj. affected with leprosy, also LEPROUS, LEPROTIC. |
| LEPROSY | • leprosy n. (Medicine) An infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae, gradually producing nerve… • leprosy n. (Medicine, now usually proscribed) Similar contagious skin diseases causing light patches of scaly skin… • leprosy n. (Figurative) Anything considered similarly permanent, harmful, and communicable, particularly when such… |
| LEPROUS | • leprous adj. Relating to or infected with one of the diseases known as leprosy. • leprous adj. Similar to leprosy or its symptoms. • leprous adj. Having the appearance of the skin of one infected with leprosy; flaking, peeling, scabby, scurfy. |
| LEPROTIC | • leprotic adj. (Medicine) Of or related to the disease leprosy. • LEPROTIC adj. affected with leprosy, also LEPROUS, LEPROSE. |
| LEPROSERY | • leprosery n. A building used to house lepers, usually in permanent quarantine from the rest of society. • LEPROSERY n. a hospital for lepers, also LEPROSERIE. |
| LEPROSIES | • leprosies n. Plural of leprosy. • LEPROSY n. a chronic disease with skin lesions and deformities, also LEPRA. |
| LEPROSITY | • leprosity n. (Medicine, now rare) Synonym of leprosy in its various senses. • leprosity n. (Alchemy, of metals) The supposed impurity or impurities of various metals, understood as causing their… • leprosity n. (Biology, of plants, now rare) Synonym of scaliness. |
| LEPROUSLY | • leprously adv. In a leprous way. • LEPROUS adv. affected with leprosy, also LEPROSE, LEPROTIC. |
| LEPROSARIA | • leprosaria n. (Uncommon) Synonym of leprosarium. • leprosaria n. Plural of leprosarium. • LEPROSARIUM n. a hospital for lepers. |
| LEPROSERIE | • leproserie n. (Dated) Alternative form of leprosery. • LEPROSERIE n. (French) a hospital for lepers, also LEPROSERY. |
| LEPROMATOUS | • lepromatous adj. Synonym of lepromatoid: Of or relating to leprous lesions (lepromas) or lepromatic leprosy. • LEPROMATOUS adj. characterized by, exhibiting, or being leprosy with infective superficial granulomatous nodules. |
| LEPROSARIUM | • leprosarium n. An isolated building or community used to house lepers, usually in permanent quarantine from the rest of society. • LEPROSARIUM n. a hospital for lepers. |
| LEPROSERIES | • leproseries n. Plural of leprosery. • leproseries n. Plural of leproserie. • LEPROSERIE n. (French) a hospital for lepers, also LEPROSERY. |
| LEPROSITIES | • leprosities n. Plural of leprosity. • LEPROSITY n. the state of being leprous. |
| LEPROUSNESS | • leprousness n. The quality of being leprous. • LEPROUSNESS n. the state of being leprous. |
| LEPROSARIUMS | • leprosariums n. Plural of leprosarium. • LEPROSARIUM n. a hospital for lepers. |
| LEPROUSNESSES | • LEPROUSNESS n. the state of being leprous. |