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leprosy

C1 noun

leprosy /ˈlɛpɹəsi/ nghĩa là phong, cùi, hủi

Các nghĩa

  1. phong · cùi · hủi

    An infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae, gradually producing nerve damage and patches of skin necrosis and historically handled by permanently quarantining its sufferers.

    uncountable · usually

    Then is it surely a leprosy

    The great London doctors knew nothing about leprosy and cared less.

    The new drug—diaminodiphenylsulphone... offers the first certain cure... and leprosy can be cured in six months

  2. tai ương, tệ nạn

    Anything considered similarly permanent, harmful, and communicable, particularly when such a thing should be handled by avoidance or isolation of its victims.

    figuratively · uncountable · usually

    Sin is a spiritual leprosy.

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