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leprosy meaning in Nepali

कुष्ठ रोग

/ˈlɛpɹəsi/

leprosy in Nepali: कुष्ठ रोग, कुष्ठरोग, कोढ़ रोग. In English, leprosy means 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.

Nepali words for leprosy

कुष्ठ रोग, कुष्ठरोग, कोढ़ रोग

English meaning of leprosy

  1. noun 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.
  2. noun Similar contagious skin diseases causing light patches of scaly skin, particularly psoriasis, syphilis, vitiligo, scabies, and (biblical) the various diseases considered "tzaraath" in the Old Testament.
  3. noun Anything considered similarly permanent, harmful, and communicable, particularly when such a thing should be handled by avoidance or isolation of its victims.
  4. noun Synonym of mange and glanders in horses.

Full definition of leprosy

leprosy in a sentence

  • Sin is a spiritual leprosy.

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Questions about leprosy in Nepali

What is the meaning of leprosy in Nepali?
Leprosy in Nepali is कुष्ठ रोग, कुष्ठरोग, कोढ़ रोग.
leprosy को नेपाली अर्थ के हो?
Leprosy: कुष्ठ रोग, कुष्ठरोग, कोढ़ रोग.
What does leprosy mean in English?
Leprosy means 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.

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Nepali words: machine translation by IndicTrans2 (AI4Bharat, MIT license), kept only when it translates back to “leprosy”. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: leprosy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Nepali words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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