LEPROUS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to or resembling or having leprosy

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Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

leprosy (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)

Derivation:

leprosy (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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