Another word for leprosy

leprosy Synonyms

leprosy

leprous infection, leprous inflammation, nerve paralysis, lepra; see disease.

Terms for leprous diseases include: elephantiasis, joint-evil, black leprosy, dry leprosy, nontuberculated lepra, lepra cutanea, lepra nervosum (both Latin).

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He succumbed to leprosy on the 15th of April 1889.
In the reign of Jehoram, Naaman, the Syrian general, came and was cleansed by the prophet Elisha of leprosy (2 Kings v.).
Uzziah's leprosy is attributed to a ritual fault (2 Chron.
Thus arose the more developed system of Ezekiel's scheme (xl.-xlviii.) and of the Priestercodex and the high dignity which became attached to the person of the High Priest (reflected in the narrative of Uzziah's leprosy in 2 Chron.
Leprosy, which had almost disappeared in the 17th century, broke out once more in the 18th, and in 1773 a hospital was established by the order at Aosta, made famous by Xavier de Maistre's tale, Le Lepreux de la cite d'Aoste.

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