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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


Synonymsleprosy


Broader (hypernym)infectious disease


Narrower (hyponym)lepromatous leprosy, tuberculoid leprosy


Part holonymENL, erythema nodosum leprosum









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