antileprosy

• a word derived from leprosy.
  leprosy

  noun

  a chronic, mildly infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae, affecting the peripheral nervous system, skin, and nasal mucosa and variously characterized by ulcerations, tubercular nodules, and loss of sensation that sometimes leads to traumatic amputation of the anesthetized part.

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antileprosy

The first of the modern, effective antileprosy drugs did not reach Samoa until 1951, eight years late.

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If the germs could be cultivated, perhaps an antileprosy serum would evolve.

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