leprology

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Etymology

From New Latin leprologia, from Medieval Latin leprōsia (“leprosy”) + -logia (“-logy”), from leprōsus (“leprous”) + -ia, from lepra (“leprosy”) + -ōsus (“-ose”), q.v. Equivalent to leprosy +‎ -ology.

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leprology (uncountable)

  1. (sciences) The study of leprosy, particularly (medicine) its diagnosis and treatment.
    • 2014, Tony Gould, A Disease Apart: Leprosy in the Modern World:
      Bergen, the oldest city in the Norwegian kingdom, has been called 'the cradle of modern leprology' and one of its native sons, the physician Daniel Cornelius Danielssen, 'the father of leprology'.

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