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TUBERCULOID LEPROSY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Leprosy characterized by tumors in the skin and cutaneous nerves
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("tuberculoid 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)