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- English Word Lepra Definition Leprosy.
- English Word Lepre Definition Leprosy.
- English Word Leprose Definition Covered with thin, scurfy scales.
- English Word Leprosity Definition The state or quality of being leprous or scaly; also, a scale.
- English Word Leprosy Definition A cutaneous disease which first appears as blebs or as reddish, shining, slightly prominent spots, with spreading edges. These are often followed by an eruption of dark or yellowish prominent nodules, frequently producing great deformity. In one variety of the disease, anaesthesia of the skin is a prominent symptom. In addition there may be wasting of the muscles, falling out of the hair and nails, and distortion of the hands and feet with destruction of the bones and joints. It is incurable, and is probably contagious.
- English Word Leprous Definition Infected with leprosy; pertaining to or resembling leprosy.
- English Word Leprous Definition Leprose.
- English Word Lepry Definition Leprosy.
- English Word Leptiform Definition Having a form somewhat like leptus; -- said of active insect larvae having three pairs of legs. See Larva.
- English Word Leptocardia Definition The lowest class of Vertebrata, including only the Amphioxus. The heart is represented only by a simple pulsating vessel. The blood is colorless; the brain, renal organs, and limbs are wanting, and the backbone is represented only by a simple, unsegmented notochord. See Amphioxus.
- English Word Leptocardian Definition Of or pertaining to the Leptocardia.
- English Word Leptocardian Definition One of the Leptocardia.
- English Word Leptodactyl Definition A bird or other animal having slender toes.
- English Word Leptodactylous Definition Having slender toes.
- English Word Leptology Definition A minute and tedious discourse on trifling things.
- English Word Leptomeningitis Definition Inflammation of the pia mater or of the arachnoid membrane.
- English Word Leptorhine Definition Having the nose narrow; -- said esp. of the skull. Opposed to platyrhine.
- English Word Leptostraca Definition An order of Crustacea, including Nebalia and allied forms.
- English Word Leptothrix Definition A genus of bacteria, characterized by having their filaments very long, slender, and indistinctly articulated.
- English Word Leptothrix Definition Having the form of a little chain; -- applied to bacteria when, as in multiplication by fission, they form a chain of filiform individuals.