lepra

n. [医]麻风

发音

/ˈlɛprə/

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Synonym of leprosy.

    古体 不可数 医学
  2. 2.

    Synonym of psoriasis.

    废旧 不可数 医学
  3. 3.

    Any layer of algae, lichens, or other substance producing a leprosylike appearance on the surfaces of plants.

    废旧 罕用 不可数 生物 植物学

    Lepra is frequently met with on the trunks, especially of young trees.

词源

From Latin lepra (“psoriasis & similar skin diseases”), from Koine Greek λέπρα (lépra, “psoriasis & similar skin diseases”), from λεπρός (leprós, “scaly”), from either λεπίς (lepís, “scale”) or λέπος (lépos, “husk, scale”) + -ρος (-ros, suffix forming adjectives). The shift of sense from psoriasis to Hansen's disease occurred in large part from the use of λέπρα (lépra) to translate Hebrew צרעת (“tzaraath”) in the Septuagint and its subsequent use in the New Testament and Late Latin.

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