leprosy

How To Use leprosy In A Sentence

• Furthermore, there were many differences of opinion regarding the question of just how contagious leprosy was and how it was transmitted.
• He has to make a quick visit to Dr. Hervey, a leprosy specialist who has developed a certain infallible test ... “Some day, all the fools will be dead....”
• Leprosy and lymphatic filariasis, or elephantiasis, leave victims deformed, hamper productivity and normal social interaction, Chan said. 1 Billion Suffer From Hidden Tropical Diseases, Says WHO
• Then the priest shall see the plague: and, behold, if it be in sight deeper than the skin; and there be in it a yellow thin hair; then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a dry scall, even a leprosy upon the head or beard. Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences
• While patients with tuberculoid leprosy have only a few organisms, those with lepromatous leprosy have abundant bacteria.
• We try to help with the problems leprosy can cause - often drugs and medical care are the least of it. Times, Sunday Times
• Our spirits, however, were much cheered by hearing that the sultan had received a letter from a seyyid at Meshed (probably the nice one who had been in India and had leprosy in his legs), telling him how very badly the sultan of Hagarein had behaved about us. Southern Arabia
• The armadillo is the only animal that we know of in history when leprosy was prevalent that carried leprosy. CNN Transcript Dec 24, 2009
• Phnom Penh, the capital, recently got a new fleet of metered taxis, and it soon will have its first skyscrapers, including a 42-story luxury condominium tower rising up next to an office for a national antileprosy campaign. Cambodia's Premier in Strong Position Ahead of Vote
• I was interested in leprosy, and upon that, as upon every other island subject, Kersdale had encyclopedic knowledge. Good-bye, Jack