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LEPROUS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to or resembling or having leprosy
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
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)
Derivation:
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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