leprology

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noun

The study of leprosy, particularly (medicine) its diagnosis and treatment.

OriginNew Latin leprologia ← Medieval Latin leprōsia →
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Meanings

nounleprology (uncountable)
  1. uncountablesciencesThe study of leprosy, particularly (medicine) its diagnosis and treatment.

    Bergen, the oldest city in the Norwegian kingdom, has been called 'the cradle of modern leprology' and one of its native sons, the physician Daniel Cornelius Danielssen, 'the father of leprology'.

    2014, Tony Gould, A Disease Apart: Leprosy in the Modern World

Origin

  1. Medieval Latinleprōsia“leprosy”
  2. New Latinleprologia
  3. Englishleprology

From New Latin leprologia, from Medieval Latin leprōsia (“leprosy”) + -logia (“-logy”), from leprōsus (“leprous”) + -ia, from lepra (“leprosy”) + -ōsus (“-ose”), q.v. Equivalent to leprosy + -ology.

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Translations

Bulgarian лепрология
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Italian leprologia
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Latin leprologia
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Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

leprology. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leprology

MLA

“leprology.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leprology. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “leprology,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leprology.

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