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What does leprosy mean?

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Noun
  1. An infectious disease caused by infection by Mycobacterium leprae.
  2. In the Bible, a disease of the skin not conclusively identified, which can also affect clothes and houses.
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In 1879, Albert Neisser, one of Robert Koch's pupils, visited Bergen to study leprosy.
They prefer their disease to be called Hansen's disease not leprosy, and the disease can be easily cured.
On the other hand, smallpox has been eradicated, sleeping sickness has become rare, and polio and leprosy are under control.
Programmes to control leprosy, hepatitis and dengue fever are vividly shown.
The most severe form of leprosy produces large disfiguring nodules, or lumps.
Cures using herbs for diseases such as fever, jaundice, dropsy and leprosy are enumerated.

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