How to Use leprosy in a Sentence

leprosy

noun
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  • The other nine were on to the next thing in life, a life without leprosy and too busy thinking about the future to be grateful for the past.
    — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 8 Nov. 2019
  • Among the questions that still linger is how leprosy spread across Europe in centuries past.
    — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 14 May 2018
  • But, the leprosy bacteria already seems to know how stem cells work.
    — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 12 Oct. 2018
  • In Pará, the prevalence of leprosy in armadillos is more than three times higher.
    — National Geographic, 28 June 2018
  • This is, after all, his own nightmare, though in his dream the culprit is always leprosy.
    — Joan Frank, Washington Post, 3 May 2023
  • The most significant threat’ More than 150 years ago, leprosy arrived in the Kingdom of Hawaii.
    — Adam Aton, Scientific American, 9 Oct. 2019
  • Monroe County hasn’t recorded a leprosy case in more than 10 years.
    — Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2024
  • That’s except for King Viserys, whose nasty battle with a form of leprosy has reduced him to all but a breathing corpse.
    — Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 10 Oct. 2022
  • To prove his point, Kupfer studied reactions to images of leprosy, smallpox and measles, which show up as small bumps and clusters on the skin.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 13 Sep. 2017
  • Almost every sense of the term comes together in leprosy.
    — Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar, Science | AAAS, 16 Sep. 2020
  • But, again, leprosy diagnoses are very unusual in the US.
    — Korin Miller, Health, 4 Aug. 2023
  • On April 1, Khanna tweeted a call-out for the names of aged care homes, orphanages or leprosy centers that needed help.
    — Vedika Sud, CNN, 12 Oct. 2020
  • As for treatment for leprosy in wild chimpanzees, that could prove challenging.
    — Hannah Ryan, CNN, 14 Oct. 2021
  • For centuries, leprosy had been thought to be a punishment from God, and people hated and feared those whose bodies were marked by the disease.
    — Erin Blakemore, Washington Post, 4 Feb. 2018
  • From leprosy villages, from HIV backgrounds; some have been trafficked, sometimes more than once.
    — Allie Torgan, CNN, 10 May 2018
  • Primitive peoples believed that the touch of a king could cure them of leprosy and other illnesses.
    — Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 1 Apr. 2020
  • A couple of examples: in the early 1900s, Alice Ball, a young black chemist came up with the most effective treatment for leprosy.
    — Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 8 Nov. 2021
  • The list also includes dengue fever, leprosy, and chikungunya.
    — Paula Andalo | Kff Health News, NBC News, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Current tests for leprosy require a skin smear to confirm if bacteria are present.
    — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 12 Oct. 2018
  • These days, leprosy is curable but continues to affect tens of thousands each year.
    — Kathleen M. Wong, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Mar. 2022
  • The good news is that most people actually aren’t at risk of contracting leprosy.
    — Erica Sweeney, Men's Health, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The bark is still used to treat inflammation, bronchitis, dysentery, leprosy, and piles.
    — Dorothy Wickenden, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2022
  • In 2015, experts blamed armadillos for higher than normal leprosy cases in the state.
    — Sara Moniuszko, CBS News, 31 July 2023
  • At first, the fair-skinned, taboo-talking Hileman was met by confused stares at the residential school, which cares for children whose parents have leprosy.
    — Vincent T. Davis, ExpressNews.com, 24 June 2019
  • Shaming should only be deployed against those with leprosy or women who leave the house without a chaperone.
    — Georgia Garvey, chicagotribune.com, 26 Apr. 2021
  • There were other horrors, including the constant threat of leprosy.
    — Longreads, 19 Jan. 2022
  • Symptoms consistent with the leprosy are described in ancient records from India, China and Greece.
    — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 14 May 2018
  • Cases of leprosy have increased in Florida and the southeastern United States over the last decade, according to a new report.
    — Doha Madani, NBC News, 1 Aug. 2023
  • For the purposes of leprosy research, though, its real charm lies in its body temperature.
    — Eric Boodman, STAT, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Going down: Aged and suffering from flesh-eating leprosy and arthritis, Viserys succumbs in his bed as his second wife attends to him.
    — Randee Dawn, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2023

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