lepra — meaning in English
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English meaning
- psoriasis noun A long-term skin condition that causes red, inflamed patches covered in silvery, flaky scales.
Senses
lepra is used for these senses in English:
- leprosy (disease, medicine) An infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae, gradually producing nerve damage and patches of skin necrosis and historically handled by permanently quarantining its sufferers.
- psoriasis (disease) A noncontagious disease whose main symptom is gray or silvery flaky patches on the skin which are red and inflamed underneath when scratched.