leeprabakteri (Mycobacterium leprae) tekitatud, mõnel arengumaal levinud krooniline haigus, haigustunnusteks laigud, köbrud (leproomid), villid ja haavandid nahal ja limaskestadel ning piirdenärvisüs, 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, wit, 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