leprose

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See also: léprosé

English

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B. albogranulosa, a lichen with leprose thalli (Figs. D, E, and F).

Etymology

From New Latin leprōsus in botany especially as used by Linnaeus in his 1753 Species Plantarum and Late Latin leprōsus in medicine, from lepra (“psoriasis, leprosy”) + -ōsus, from Koine Greek λέπρᾱ (léprā, “psoriasis & similar skin diseases”), from Ancient Greek λεπρός (leprós, “scaly”), from either λεπίς (lepís, “scale”) or λέπος (lépos, “husk, scale”) + -ρος (-ros, “forming adjective”).

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Adjective

leprose (comparative more leprose, superlative most leprose)

  1. (medicine) Synonym of leprous, afflicted with leprosy.
  2. (botany) Synonym of scaly or lepidote, particularly describing lichens with a granular or powdery thallus.

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Adjective

leprose

  1. feminine plural of leproso

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Latin

Adjective

leprōse

  1. vocative masculine singular of leprōsus
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