English noun: Hansen's disease | |||
1. | Hansen's disease (state) chronic granulomatous communicable disease occurring in tropical and subtropical regions; characterized by inflamed nodules beneath the skin and wasting of body parts; caused by the bacillus Mycobacterium leprae | ||
Synonyms | leprosy | ||
Broader (hypernym) | infectious disease | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | lepromatous leprosy, tuberculoid leprosy | ||
Part holonym | ENL, erythema nodosum leprosum | ||