He's afflicted with leprosy. Don't go near him.
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Leprosy
//ˈlɛpɹəsi//
Synonyms for "leprosy" (172 found)
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lichen primusloa loaloaiasislockjawlupuslupus vulgarismadnessmalariamalarial fevermarsh fevermeaslesmeningitismiliariamilzbrandmumpsornithosisosteomyelitisparatyphoid feverparotitisparrot fever
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pemphiguspertussispneumoniapoliopoliomyelitispolyarthritis rheumatismponosprickly heatpruigoprurituspsittacosispsorarabbit feverrabiesrat-bite feverrelapsing feverrheumatic feverrickettsialpoxringwormrubellarubeolascabiesscarlatinascarlet feverschistosomiasisseptic sore throatshinglesskinskin cancersleeping sicknesssleepy sicknesssmallpoxsnail feversplenic feverspotted feverstrep throatswamp fevertetanustetterthrushtineatrench fevertrench mouthtuberculosistularemiatyphoidtyphoid fevertyphustyphus feverundulant fevervacciniavaricellavariolavenereal diseaseviral dysenterywhooping coughyawsyellow feveryellow jackzonazoster
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149 translations across 95 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- gërbulë noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- λέπρα noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Arabic
3 entries- برص noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
- جذام noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
- جُذَام noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Armenian
2 entries- բոր noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
- բորոտություն noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Asturian
1 entries- llepra noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- cüzam noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Banjarese
1 entries- kudung noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Belarusian
2 entries- прака́за noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
- стру́пля noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Bengali
2 entries- কুঠ noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
- কুষ্ঠ noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Bikol Central
1 entries- kagitsi noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Bulgarian
1 entries- прока́за noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Burmese
3 entries- နူနာ noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
- အနာကြီးရောဂါ noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
- အရေပြားရောဂါ noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Catalan
1 entries- lepra noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Cebuano
1 entries- lansaro noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- گولی noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 癩病 /癞病 noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
- 麻風病 /麻风病 or 痲瘋病 /痳疯病 noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
- 麻风病 noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Czech
2 entries- lepra noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
- malomocenství noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Danish
1 entries- spedalskhed noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Dhivehi
1 entries- ޖުޒާމު ބަލި noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Dutch
2 entries- lepra noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
- melaatsheid noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Esperanto
1 entries- lepro noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Estonian
1 entries- pidalitõbi noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Faroese
2 entries- líktrá noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
- spitalskusjúka noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Finnish
2 entries- lepra noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
- spitaali noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
French
1 entries- lèpre noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Galician
2 entries- laceira noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
- lepra noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Georgian
1 entries- კეთრი noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
German
2 entries- Aussatz noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
- Lepra noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌸𐍂𐌿𐍄𐍃𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌻 noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Greek
1 entries- λέπρα noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Greenlandic
1 entries- pupinneq noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Gujarati
1 entries- કોઢ noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Hawaiian
4 entries- lēpela noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
- maʻi Pākē noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
- maʻi aliʻi noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
- maʻi hoʻokaʻawale noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Hebrew
1 entries- צרעת noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Hiligaynon
1 entries- arô noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Hindi
3 entries- कुष्ठ noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
- कुष्ठरोग noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
- कोढ़ noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Hungarian
1 entries- lepra noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Icelandic
2 entries- holdsveiki noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
- líkþrá noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Indonesian
3 entries- kusta noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
- lepra noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
- penyakit kusta noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Inupiaq
2 entries- auyugaqtuaq noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
- kiḷḷiġruaq noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Irish
1 entries- lobhra noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Italian
1 entries- lebbra noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Jamaican Creole
1 entries- cocobay noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Japanese
2 entries- ハンセン病 noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
- 癩病 noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Javanese
1 entries- ꦏꦸꦱ꧀ꦠ noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Kannada
1 entries- ಕುಷ್ಠ noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Kazakh
1 entries- алапес noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Khmer
2 entries- ឃ្លង់ noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
- ព្យាធិ៍ noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Korean
1 entries- 나병 noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Latin
1 entries- lepra noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Latvian
1 entries- lepra noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Lingala
1 entries- maba noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Lithuanian
1 entries- raupsai noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Macedonian
1 entries- лепра noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Malay
2 entries- kusta noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
- penyakit kusta noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Malayalam
1 entries- കുഷ്ഠം noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Maranao
3 entries- bakataw noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
- bowa noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
- koliyo noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Minangkabau
1 entries- kusta noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Mongolian
1 entries- уяман noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Māori
4 entries- mate ngerengere noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
- mate tūhawaiki noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
- mumutu noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
- takewhenua noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- girrew noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Norwegian
2 entries- lepra noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
- spedalskhet noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Occitan
1 entries- lepra noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Old Church Slavonic
1 entries- проказа noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Old English
1 entries- hrēofl noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- پیس noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Persian
4 entries- جذام noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
- خوره noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
- داءالاسد noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
- لری noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Polish
2 entries- lepra noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
- trąd noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Portuguese
1 entries- lepra noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਕੋਢ਼ noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Quechua
3 entries- lliqti unquy noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
- sisu noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
- şişu noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Romanian
1 entries- lepră noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Russian
2 entries- ле́пра noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
- прока́за noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Sanskrit
1 entries- कुष्ठरोग noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Santali
1 entries- ᱢᱩᱰᱨᱩᱡ ᱟᱡᱟᱨ noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- gȕba noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
- prokaza noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Sinhalese
1 entries- ලාදුරු noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Spanish
1 entries- lepra noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Sundanese
1 entries- ᮊᮥᮞ᮪ᮒ noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Swahili
1 entries- ukoma noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Swedish
2 entries- lepra noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
- spetälska noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Tagalog
1 entries- ketong noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Tamil
1 entries- தொழு நோய் noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Tausug
1 entries- ipul noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Telugu
1 entries- కుష్టు వ్యాధి noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Thai
4 entries- กุฏฐัง noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
- ขี้ทูด noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
- ขี้เรื้อน noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
- เรื้อน noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Tibetan
1 entries- མཛེ་ནད noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Turkish
3 entries- cüzzam noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
- lepra noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
- miskin hastalığı noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Ukrainian
2 entries- ле́пра noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
- прока́за noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Urdu
1 entries- جذام noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Uyghur
1 entries- ماخاۋ noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Vietnamese
3 entries- cùi noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
- hủi noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
- phong noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Volapük
1 entries- leprad noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Welsh
1 entries- gwahanglwyf noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Zazaki
1 entries- cuzzam noun (infectious disease caused by M. leprae)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
His skin lesions are caused by leprosy.
Source: tatoeba (5573422)
The persisting stigma of leprosy often presents a barrier to otherwise highly effective medical treatment.
Source: tatoeba (10921465)
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.
Source: tatoeba (11285094)
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