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leprology

leprology noun: the study of leprosy, particularly (medicine) its diagnosis and treatment.

Noun

leprology (uncountable)

  1. The study of leprosy, particularly (medicine) its diagnosis and treatment.
    • Bergen, the oldest city in the Norwegian kingdom, has been called 'the cradle of modern leprology' and one of its native sons, the physician Daniel Cornelius Danielssen, 'the father of leprology'.2014, Tony Gould, A Disease Apart: Leprosy in the Modern World

leprology meaning in Kannada

leprology in Kannada

ತೊನ್ನರಿಮೆ

Origin of leprology

From New Latin leprologia, from Medieval Latin leprōsia (“leprosy”) + -logia (“-logy”), from leprōsus (“leprous”) + -ia, from lepra (“leprosy”) + -ōsus (“-ose”), q.v. Equivalent to leprosy + -ology.

Words formed from leprology

Questions about leprology

What does leprology mean?
Leprology means the study of leprosy, particularly (medicine) its diagnosis and treatment.
What is leprology in Kannada?
Leprology in Kannada is ತೊನ್ನರಿಮೆ. See Leprology meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is leprology?
Leprology is a noun.

Words near leprology in the dictionary

  1. leprolin
  2. leprologic
  3. leprological
  4. leprologist
  5. leprologists
  6. leprology
  7. leproma
  8. lepromas
  9. lepromata
  10. lepromatic
  11. lepromatoid

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Adapted from Wiktionary: leprology (page history and authors); leprology (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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