lepra in English
noun
leprosy, contagious bacterial disease (characterized by ulcerations of the skin, loss of sensation and various deformities)
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1. Lupus vulgaris, atypic mycobacteriosis, lepra, actinomycosis, cutaneous leishmaniosis and erysipelas belong to the nodular and diffuse dermatoses.
2. Lobdell and Owsley wrote that a European writer who recorded an outbreak of "lepra" in 1303 was "clearly describing syphilis."