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Showing words for LEPROSY using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Leprosy

leprosy, prosely

6 Letter Words for Leprosy

eprosy, lopers, osprey, pelory, plyers, polers, poleys, proles, sloper, sorely, splore

5 Letter Words for Leprosy

elops, eorls, lepry, lerps, loper, lopes, lores, loser, lyres, olepy, olpes, orles, orsel, oyers, ploys, plyer, poesy, poler, poles, poley, polys, pores, poser, posey, poyse, preys, prole, prose, prosy, pryse, pyres, pyros, reply, repos, roles, ropes, rosel, sepoy, slope, slopy, slorp, slype, soler, sorel, soyle, spole, spore, spyer, yelps, yores, ypres

4 Letter Words for Leprosy

eorl, epos, eros, esop, espy, leos, leps, lerp, leys, lope, lops, lore, lors, lory, lose, loys, lyes, lyre, lyse, oles, olpe, opes, opsy, ores, orle, orly, oyer, oyes, pers, peso, ploy, pole, pols, poly, pore, pory, pose, posy, pres, prey, pros, prys, pyes, pyre, pyro, rely, repl, repo, reps, resp, roes, roey, role, rope, ropy, rose, rosy, ryes, rype, seor, sero, sley, sloe, slop, sole, sope, sore, sory, spor, spry, sype, syre, yelp, yeps, yeso, yore

3 Letter Words for Leprosy

els, eos, ers, esp, esr, eyl, eyr, leo, lep, ler, les, ley, loe, lop, lor, los, loy, lye, lys, oer, oes, ole, olp, ope, ops, ore, orl, ors, ory, ose, oye, oys, pel, per, pes, ply, pol, por, pos, poy, pre, pro, prs, pry, pye, pyr, rel, rep, res, rle, rly, roe, ros, rps, rye, sel, sep, ser, sey, sle, sly, sol, sop, soy, spl, spy, sye, syl, syr, yeo, yep, yer, yes, yoe, yor, yos, yrs

Definitions for Leprosy

[1] 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.
[2] pathol a chronic infectious disease occurring mainly in tropical and subtropical regions, characterized by the formation of painful inflamed nodules beneath the skin and disfigurement and wasting of affected parts, caused by the bacillus Mycobacterium leprae Also called: Hansen's disease

Words nearby Leprosy

lepromin, lepromin test, leprosarium, leprose, leprostatic, leprosy, leprous, lepsius, leptin, leptis magna, lepto

Origin of Leprosy

1525–35; perhaps < Medieval Latin leprōsia (recorded only as synonym for leprosarium) < Greek léprōs(is ) leprosy + -ia -y3

Other words from Leprosy

lep·rot·ic [le-prot -ik] /lɛˈprɒt ɪk/ , adjective
an·ti·lep·ro·sy , adjective
lep′ rous (lĕp′ rəs ) null adj.

Word origin for Leprosy

C16: from leprous + -y ³