leprosy 音标拼音: [l'ɛprəsi]
n . 麻疯病,腐败
麻疯病,腐败
leprosy n 1 :
chronic granulomatous communicable disease occurring in tropical and subtropical regions ;
characterized by inflamed nodules beneath the skin and wasting of body parts ;
caused by the bacillus Mycobacterium leprae [
synonym : {
leprosy },
{
Hansen '
s disease }]
Leprosy \
Lep "
ro *
sy \ (
l [
e ^]
p "
r [-
o ]*
s [
y ^]),
n . [
See {
Leprous }.]
(
Med .)
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 ,
an [
ae ]
sthesia 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 .
[
1913 Webster ]
Note :
The disease now called leprosy ,
also designated as Lepra or Lepra Arabum ,
and Elephantiasis Gr [
ae ]
corum ,
is not the same as the leprosy of the ancients .
The latter was ,
indeed ,
a generic name for many varieties of skin disease (
including our modern leprosy ,
psoriasis ,
etc .),
some of which ,
among the Hebrews ,
rendered a person ceremonially unclean .
A variety of leprosy of the Hebrews (
probably identical with modern leprosy )
was characterized by the presence of smooth ,
shining ,
depressed white patches or scales ,
the hair on which participated in the whiteness ,
while the skin and adjacent flesh became insensible .
It was an incurable disease .
[
1913 Webster ]
153 Moby Thesaurus words for "
leprosy ":
African lethargy ,
Asiatic cholera ,
Chagres fever ,
German measles ,
Haverhill fever ,
acne ,
acne vulgaris ,
acute articular rheumatism ,
ague ,
alkali disease ,
amebiasis ,
amebic dysentery ,
anthrax ,
bacillary dysentery ,
bastard measles ,
black death ,
black fever ,
blackwater fever ,
breakbone fever ,
brucellosis ,
bubonic plague ,
cachectic fever ,
cerebral rheumatism ,
chicken pox ,
cholera ,
cowpox ,
dandy fever ,
deer fly fever ,
dengue ,
dengue fever ,
dermamycosis ,
dermatitis ,
dermatosis ,
diphtheria ,
dumdum fever ,
dysentery ,
eczema ,
elephantiasis ,
encephalitis lethargica ,
enteric fever ,
epithelioma ,
erysipelas ,
erythema ,
exanthem ,
famine fever ,
five -
day fever ,
flu ,
frambesia ,
glandular fever ,
grippe ,
hansenosis ,
heat rash ,
hepatitis ,
herpes ,
herpes simplex ,
herpes zoster ,
histoplasmosis ,
hives ,
hookworm ,
hydrophobia ,
impetigo ,
infantile paralysis ,
infectious mononucleosis ,
inflammatory rheumatism ,
influenza ,
itch ,
jail fever ,
jungle rot ,
kala azar ,
kissing disease ,
lepra ,
leptospirosis ,
lichen ,
lichen primus ,
loa loa ,
loaiasis ,
lockjaw ,
lupus ,
lupus vulgaris ,
madness ,
malaria ,
malarial fever ,
marsh fever ,
measles ,
meningitis ,
miliaria ,
milzbrand ,
mumps ,
ornithosis ,
osteomyelitis ,
paratyphoid fever ,
parotitis ,
parrot fever ,
pemphigus ,
pertussis ,
pneumonia ,
polio ,
poliomyelitis ,
polyarthritis rheumatism ,
ponos ,
prickly heat ,
pruigo ,
pruritus ,
psittacosis ,
psora ,
rabbit fever ,
rabies ,
rat -
bite fever ,
relapsing fever ,
rheumatic fever ,
rickettsialpox ,
ringworm ,
rubella ,
rubeola ,
scabies ,
scarlatina ,
scarlet fever ,
schistosomiasis ,
septic sore throat ,
shingles ,
skin cancer ,
sleeping sickness ,
sleepy sickness ,
smallpox ,
snail fever ,
splenic fever ,
spotted fever ,
strep throat ,
swamp fever ,
tetanus ,
tetter ,
thrush ,
tinea ,
trench fever ,
trench mouth ,
tuberculosis ,
tularemia ,
typhoid ,
typhoid fever ,
typhus ,
typhus fever ,
undulant fever ,
vaccinia ,
varicella ,
variola ,
venereal disease ,
viral dysentery ,
whooping cough ,
yaws ,
yellow fever ,
yellow jack ,
zona ,
zoster Leprosy (
Heb .
tsara '
ath ,
a "
smiting ,"
a "
stroke ,"
because the disease was regarded as a direct providential infliction ).
This name is from the Greek lepra ,
by which the Greek physicians designated the disease from its scaliness .
We have the description of the disease ,
as well as the regulations connected with it ,
in Lev .
13 ;
14 ;
Num .
12 :
10 -
15 ,
etc .
There were reckoned six different circumstances under which it might develop itself , (
1 )
without any apparent cause (
Lev .
13 :
2 -
8 ); (
2 )
its reappearance (
9 -
17 );
(
3 )
from an inflammation (
18 -
28 ); (
4 )
on the head or chin (
29 -
37 ); (
5 )
in white polished spots (
38 ,
39 ); (
6 )
at the back or in the front of the head (
40 -
44 ).
Lepers were required to live outside the camp or city (
Num .
5 :
1 -
4 ;
12 :
10 -
15 ,
etc .).
This disease was regarded as an awful punishment from the Lord (
2 Kings 5 :
7 ;
2 Chr .
26 :
20 ). (
See {
MIRIAM }; {
GEHAZI }; {
UZZIAH }.)
This disease "
begins with specks on the eyelids and on the palms ,
gradually spreading over the body ,
bleaching the hair white wherever they appear ,
crusting the affected parts with white scales ,
and causing terrible sores and swellings .
From the skin the disease eats inward to the bones ,
rotting the whole body piecemeal ." "
In Christ '
s day no leper could live in a walled town ,
though he might in an open village .
But wherever he was he was required to have his outer garment rent as a sign of deep grief ,
to go bareheaded ,
and to cover his beard with his mantle ,
as if in lamentation at his own virtual death .
He had further to warn passers -
by to keep away from him ,
by calling out , '
Unclean !
unclean !'
nor could he speak to any one ,
or receive or return a salutation ,
since in the East this involves an embrace ."
That the disease was not contagious is evident from the regulations regarding it (
Lev .
13 :
12 ,
13 ,
36 ;
2 Kings 5 :
1 ).
Leprosy was "
the outward and visible sign of the innermost spiritual corruption ;
a meet emblem in its small beginnings ,
its gradual spread ,
its internal disfigurement ,
its dissolution little by little of the whole body ,
of that which corrupts ,
degrades ,
and defiles man '
s inner nature ,
and renders him unmeet to enter the presence of a pure and holy God " (
Maclear '
s Handbook O .
T ).
Our Lord cured lepers (
Matt .
8 :
2 ,
3 ;
Mark 1 :
40 -
42 ).
This divine power so manifested illustrates his gracious dealings with men in curing the leprosy of the soul ,
the fatal taint of sin .
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