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leprostatic

/lɛprəˈstætɪk/

leprostatic adjective: inhibiting the worsening of Hansen's disease (leprosy), inhibiting the growth of M. leprae.

Adjective

leprostatic (comparative more leprostatic, superlative most leprostatic)

  1. Inhibiting the worsening of Hansen's disease (leprosy), inhibiting the growth of M. leprae.

Forms of leprostatic

comparativemore leprostatic
superlativemost leprostatic

Origin of leprostatic

From leprosy + -static (“bringing to stasis: slowing, stopping”).

Questions about leprostatic

What does leprostatic mean?
Leprostatic means inhibiting the worsening of Hansen's disease (leprosy), inhibiting the growth of M. leprae.
What part of speech is leprostatic?
Leprostatic is an adjective.
How do you pronounce leprostatic?
Leprostatic is pronounced /lɛprəˈstætɪk/.

Words near leprostatic in the dictionary

  1. leprosied
  2. leprosies
  3. leprosities
  4. leprosity
  5. leprosol
  6. leprostatic
  7. leprosy
  8. leprosylike
  9. leprotene
  10. leprotic
  11. leprous

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