leeprabakteri (Mycobacterium leprae) tekitatud, mõnel arengumaal levinud krooniline haigus, haigus­tunnusteks laigud, köbrud (leproomid), villid ja haavandid nahal ja limaskestadel ning piirdenärvisüsteemi kahjustused, a slowly progressive, chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae and characterized by granulomatous or neurotrophic lesions in the skin, mucous membranes, nerves, bones and viscera, with a broad spectrum of clinical symptoms, a chronic infectious disease caused by a mycobacterium (Mycobacterium leprae) affecting especially the skin and peripheral nerves and characterized by the formation of nodules or macules that enlarge and spread accompanied by loss of sensation with eventual paralysis, wasting of muscle, and production of deformities