leprosy
/ˈlɛprəsi/
noun
- A chronic infectious disease that damages the skin, nerves, and limbs, also called Hansen's disease.
- Modern medicine has greatly reduced the number of leprosy cases worldwide.
- Leprosy is now curable with antibiotics if treated early.
- In ancient times, people with leprosy were often forced to live apart from society.
- A state of being shunned or rejected by society; moral or social corruption.
- He felt the leprosy of shame after being caught cheating.
- The community treated the rumor as a kind of leprosy, avoiding anyone connected to it.
- The scandal spread like a social leprosy, isolating everyone involved.
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