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— English words —

• leprosy n. (Medicine) An infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae, gradually producing nerve…
• leprosy n. (Medicine, now usually proscribed) Similar contagious skin diseases causing light patches of scaly skin…
• leprosy n. (Figurative) Anything considered similarly permanent, harmful, and communicable, particularly when such…
• leprosy n. (Veterenary medicine) A contagious disease causing similar effects in animals, particularly.
• leprosy n. (Obsolete, rare) Synonym of leprosarium: a place for the housing of lepers in isolation from the rest of society.

— English word, defined in German —

• leprosy S. Lepra, Aussatz.

— English word, defined in Dutch —

• leprosy n. Melaatsheid.

— English word, defined in French —

• leprosy n. Lèpre.

— English word, defined in Italian —

• leprosy s. (Medicina) lebbra.

47 English words from 5 English definitions

and animals Anything bacterium caused causing communicable considered contagious disease diseases effects Figurative for from gradually harmful housing infectious infectious␣disease isolation lepers leprosarium light medicine Mycobacterium nerve now Obsolete particularly patches permanent place producing proscribed rare rest scaly similar similarly skin society such Synonym the usually when

1 English word from 4 foreign definitions

Lepra

5 foreign words from 4 foreign definitions

Aussatz lebbra Lèpre Medicina Melaatsheid

One suffix (New word found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

leprosylike

One prefix (New word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

antileprosy

17 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

EPR lep LEP lepro- pro Pro PRO pro- Pro. -pro- pros Pros PROs prosy Ros ROS rosy

6 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

orp pel RPE sor Sor YSO

14 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

Cropleys leaprosy peroxyls personly polyares polymers prostyle protyles pteroyls pyrenols pyrolyse pyrroles sloppery spoilery

21 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

lopers Lopers Loreys Oplers osprey plyers polers Poleys Poyers Poyser proles Reylos Roleys Ropley Royles sloper slopey sorely Sorley Spoerl spoyle

One cousin (New word found by changing only one letter.)

leprose

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

leaprosy

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