名詞 leprosy:

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
   同義詞：Hansen's disease

1. Leprosy is a kind of disease affecting the skin and nerves.
   麻瘋病是一種影響皮膚和神經(jīng)的疾病。
2. There were many people with leprosy around the age of thirty.
   在三十年代有很多麻瘋病人。

lep.ro.sy

n.（名詞）
A chronic, mildly contagious granulomatous disease of tropical and subtropical regions, caused by the bacillusMycobacterium leprae, characterized by ulcers of the skin, bone, and viscera and leading to loss of sensation, paralysis, gangrene, and deformation.
麻風(fēng)：一種慢性的、有輕度傳染性的肉芽腫疾病，常發(fā)生于熱帶和亞熱帶地區(qū)，由麻風(fēng)分支桿菌 引起，其特征為，皮膚、骨骼及內(nèi)臟的潰瘍，導(dǎo)致感覺(jué)喪失、癱瘓、壞疽及肢體變形

來(lái)源：
Middle English lepruse
中古英語(yǔ) lepruse
from leprus [leprous] * see leprous
源自 leprus [患麻風(fēng)的，（像）麻風(fēng)的，引起麻風(fēng)病的] *參見(jiàn) leprous

【引伸】
leprot.ic