TUBERCULOID LEPROSY

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Leprosy characterized by tumors in the skin and cutaneous nerves

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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("tuberculoid leprosy" is a kind of...):

Hansen's disease; leprosy (chronic granulomatous communicable disease occurring in tropical and subtropical regions; characterized by inflamed nodules beneath the skin and wasting of body parts; caused by the bacillus Mycobacterium leprae)

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