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- noun pathology The disease
leprosy , caused by infection by Mycobacterium leprae.
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- noun 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
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[After Gerhard Henrik Armauer Hansen, (1841–1912), Norwegian physician.]
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Named after Norwegian physician Gerhard Armauer Hansen (1841-1912) who in 1873 discovered the bacterium causing the disease.
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