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LEPROMATOUS LEPROSY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A very serious form of leprosy characterized by lesions that spread over much of the body and affecting many systems of the body
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("lepromatous leprosy" is a kind of...):
Hansen's disease; 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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