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1.NounAn infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae, gradually producing nerve damage and patches of skin necrosis and historically handled by permanently quarantining its sufferers.
2.NounSimilar contagious skin diseases causing light patches of scaly skin, particularly psoriasis, syphilis, vitiligo, scabies, and the various diseases considered "tzaraath" in the Old Testament.
3.NounAnything considered similarly permanent, harmful, and communicable, particularly when such a thing should be handled by avoidance or isolation of its victims."Sin is a spiritual leprosy."
4.NounA contagious disease causing similar effects in animals, particularly
Ellipsis of murine leprosy or feline leprosy (“diseases caused in rodents and cats by Mycobacterium lepraemurium”).
Synonym of mange and glanders in horses.
5.NounEllipsis of murine leprosy or feline leprosy (“diseases caused in rodents and cats by Mycobacterium lepraemurium”).
6.NounSynonym of mange and glanders in horses.
7.NounSynonym of leprosarium: a place for the housing of lepers in isolation from the rest of society.