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leproma
‖ leproma Path. (lɛˈprəʊmə) Pl. lepromas, lepromata. [f. lepra, on the analogy of words like sarcoma.] A leprous tubercle.1895 N. Walker tr. Hansen & Looft's Leprosy ii. 5 The leprous nodes [of nodular Leprosy] or nodular Lepromata are of different size and colour; their consistence is at first firm...
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Eduard Arning
In Hawaii, he purposely infected a convicted murderer named Keanu with leprosy, by suturing a leproma the size of a hen's egg into an incision in the man's
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lepromin
lepromin Med. (ˈlɛprəʊmɪn) Also -ine. [a. G. lepromin (P. Bargehr 1927, in Zeitschr. f. Immunitätsf. und exper. Ther. XLIX. 347): see leproma and -in1.] A boiled saline extract of lepromatous tissue. So lepromin test, a test involving intradermal injection of lepromin and examination for a nodule at...
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Paul Bargehr
He minced leproma with a large amount of M. leprae in water, then boiled it at 100°C for 20 minutes and added carbolic acid at a ratio of 1:200 with the
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tuberculoid
tuberculoid, a. (tjuːˈbɜːkjʊlɔɪd) [f. L. tūbercul-um tubercle + -oid.] a. Zool. and Path. = tuberculiform.1891 in Cent. Dict. 1974 Trypanosomiasis & Leishmaniasis (Ciba Foundation Symp.) 163 In localized forms we often saw epithelioid or tuberculoid nodules, surrounded by a thick infiltration of lym...
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Kensuke Mitsuda
11,7,1910
On the therapeutic value of Gynocardia ( Chaulmoogra) oil in leprosy, Jpn J Dermatol Urol 12,12,1912
On the value of skin reaction with emulsion of leproma
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leper
▪ I. † ˈleper, n.1 Obs. Forms: 3–6 lepre, 4–6 leper, 5 lepyr, -ur, leepre, 5–6 lepir, 6 lypper, lipper, lypre, lippre, leaper. [a. OF. lepre, liepre (mod.F. lèpre), ad. L. lepra, a. Gr. λέπρα, properly fem. of λεπρός adj., scaly, f. λέπος scale.] Leprosy.c 1250 Gen. & Ex. 3690 Ðor wurð ȝhe ðanne wið...
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nodular
nodular, a. (ˈnɒdjʊlə(r)) [f. nodule + -ar.] 1. Min. and Geol. Having the form of, occurring in, nodules.1794 Sullivan View Nat. II. 6 Nor will I say, that they were originally created in nodular forms. 1796 Kirwan Elem. Min. (ed. 2) II. 270 Found massive,..very rarely specular, or Botryoidal, or no...
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histoid
histoid, a. Phys. and Path. (ˈhɪstɔɪd) [f. Gr. ἱστός web + -oid.] Like or of the nature of tissue, esp. connective tissue: spec. said of tumours.1872 Peaslee Ovar. Tumours 25 A variety of histoid tumor. ______________________________ Add: In later use applied to lepromatous leprosy, esp. in the form...
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