leprosy

Meaning of leprosy

noun

An infectious disease caused by infection by Mycobacterium leprae.
The Europeans brought new diseases such as smallpox, measles, dysentery, influenza, syphilis and leprosy.
In the Bible, a disease of the skin not conclusively identified, which can also affect clothes and houses.

Information about leprosy

It is a name.
The plural form of leprosy is: leprosies.
Languages in which leprosy is used:
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Hyphenation of leprosy

lep-rosy

It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
leprosy is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

leprosy synonyms

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Translation of leprosy

German: Lepra
French: lèpre
Portuguese: lepra
Spanish: lepra
Italian: lebbra

Anagrams of leprosy

Words that rhyme with leprosy

Rosy, rosy, Brosy, brosy, deuterosy, thermochrosy, primrosy, antileprosy, eprosy, prosy

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