leprosy bacillus

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• leprosy bacillus — noun cause of leprosy • Syn: ↑Mycobacterium leprae • Hypernyms: ↑mycobacteria, ↑mycobacterium …   Useful english dictionary

• leprosy — leprotic /le prot ik/, adj. /lep reuh see/, n. Pathol. a chronic, mildly infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae, affecting the peripheral nervous system, skin, and nasal mucosa and variously characterized by ulcerations, tubercular… …   Universalium

• Leprosy — For the Hebrew Bible term and its varied meanings, see Tzaraath. For other uses, see Leprosy (disambiguation). Leprosy Classification and external resources A 24 year old man infected with leprosy. ICD 10 …   Wikipedia

• Leprosy — • A chronic infectious disease caused by the bacillus leprœ, characterized by the formation of growths in the skin, mucous membranes, peripheral nerves, bones, and internal viscera, producing various deformities and mutilations of the human body …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Bacillus Calmette-Guérin — (or Bacille Calmette Guérin, BCG) is a vaccine against tuberculosis that is prepared from a strain of the attenuated (weakened) live bovine tuberculosis bacillus, Mycobacterium bovis , that has lost its virulence in humans by being specially… …   Wikipedia

• leprosy — 1530s (earlier lepruse, mid 15c.), from leprous; see LEPER (Cf. leper). First used in Coverdale Bible, where it renders Hebrew cara ath, which apparently was a comprehensive term for skin diseases. Because of pejorative associations, the use of… …   Etymology dictionary

• Leprosy — A chronic granulomatous infection caused by a bacillus (bacterium) that affects various areas of the body, particularly the skin and nerves. (Granulomas are inflammatory nodules that are usually small, granular, firm, and persistent.) The… …   Medical dictionary

• Bacillus tuberculosis — Tubercle Tu ber*cle, n. [L. tuberculum, dim. of tuber: cf. F. tubercule, OF. also tubercle. See {Tuber}.] [1913 Webster] 1. A small knoblike prominence or excrescence, whether natural or morbid; as, a tubercle on a plant; a tubercle on a bone;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• leprosy — noun VERB + LEPROSY ▪ have LEPROSY + NOUN ▪ bacillus ▪ patient …   Collocations dictionary

• lepra bacillus — leprosy bacillus Mycobacterium leprae …   Medical dictionary

• bacillus — noun Bacillus is used after these nouns: ↑leprosy …   Collocations dictionary