hansen's disease
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1. 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 (noun.state)
| hypernym | : | infectious disease, |
| definition | : | a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | tuberculoid leprosy, |
| definition | : | leprosy characterized by tumors in the skin and cutaneous nerves (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | lepromatous leprosy, |
| definition | : | a very serious form of leprosy characterized by lesions that spread over much of the body and affecting many systems of the body (noun.state) |
| part holonym | : | enl, erythema nodosum leprosum, |
| definition | : | an inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face (noun.state) |
| derivation | : | leprous, |
| definition | : | relating to or resembling or having leprosy (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | leprous, |
| definition | : | relating to or resembling or having leprosy (adj.pert) |
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