Standard Lemma guide
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noun
Synonym of leprosy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: leprosy
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Synonym of psoriasis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: psoriasis
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Any layer of algae, lichens, or other substance producing a leprosylike appearance on the surfaces of plants.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, rare, uncountable
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Latin lepra (“psoriasis & similar skin diseases”), from Koine Greek λέπρα (lépra, “psoriasis & similar skin diseases”), from λεπρός (leprós, “scaly”), from either λεπίς (lepís, “scale”) or λέπος (lépos, “husk, scale”) + -ρος (-ros, suffix forming adjectives). The shift of sense from psoriasis to Hansen's disease occurred in large part from the use of λέπρα (lépra) to translate Hebrew צרעת (“tzaraath”) in the Septuagint and its subsequent use in the New Testament and Late Latin.
