leprosy in Persian
خوره xore
/ˈlɛpɹəsi/
leprosy in Persian: خوره (xore), جذام (jozâm), داءالاسد (dā'olasad), لوری (lūrī). 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.
Persian words for leprosy
- infectious disease caused by M. leprae
- خوره xore, جذام jozâm, داءالاسد dā'olasad, لوری lūrī, لری larrī
English meaning of leprosy
- 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.
- 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.
- noun Anything considered similarly permanent, harmful, and communicable, particularly when such a thing should be handled by avoidance or isolation of its victims.
- noun Synonym of mange and glanders in horses.
leprosy in a sentence
- Sin is a spiritual leprosy.
Synonyms of leprosy
- Hansensiasis
- Hansen's disease
- mesel
- measles
- elephantiasis
- Greek elephantiasis
- Greek leprosy
- Greek lepra
- leprosity
- bastard scurvy
- mange and glanders in horses
- leprosarium
leprosy in other languages
- leprosy in Hindi
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- leprosy in Thai
- leprosy in Vietnamese
- leprosy in Myanmar
Questions about leprosy in Persian
- What is the meaning of leprosy in Persian?
- Leprosy in Persian is خوره (xore), جذام (jozâm), داءالاسد (dā'olasad), لوری (lūrī).
- معنی leprosy چیست؟
- Leprosy: خوره (xore), جذام (jozâm), داءالاسد (dā'olasad), لوری (lūrī).
- 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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Adapted from Wiktionary: leprosy (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Persian words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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