Definitions for leprosy

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leprosy lep·ro·sy

Spelling: [lep-ruh-see]

IPA: /ˈlɛp rə si/

Leprosy is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 237 anagrams from letters in leprosy (eloprsy).

Definitions for leprosy

noun

1. a chronic, mildly infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae, affecting the peripheral nervous system, skin, and nasal mucosa and variously characterized by ulcerations, tubercular nodules, and loss of sensation that sometimes leads to traumatic amputation of the anesthetized part.

Origin of leprosy

1525-35; perhaps Medieval Latin leprōsia (recorded only as synonym for leprosarium) Greek léprōs(is) leprosy + -ia -y³