Leprosy

//ˈlɛpɹəsi//

"Leprosy" in a Sentence (13 examples)

He's afflicted with leprosy. Don't go near him.

His skin lesions are caused by leprosy.

The persisting stigma of leprosy often presents a barrier to otherwise highly effective medical treatment.

According to Kenya's National Tuberculosis, Leprosy and Lung Disease Program, the major factor responsible for the large TB disease burden is the concurrent HIV epidemic.

Carlos visited a leprosy hospital in India.

Carlos touched leprosy patients without wearing gloves.

Tom has leprosy.

I have leprosy.

Then is it surely a leprosy

The great London doctors knew nothing about leprosy and cared less.

The new drug—diaminodiphenylsulphone... offers the first certain cure... and leprosy can be cured in six months

Leprosy seems to have spread from India to the Middle East by early antiquity and from there to Europe during the time of the Roman Empire.

Sin is a spiritual leprosy.

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