English-Portuguese translations for leprosy

• lepra
  Estou a pensar na lepra, por exemplo. The example that springs to mind is leprosy.
  A lepra ainda é rara entre nós, mas talvez a livre circulação a torne bem mais corrente. Leprosy is still rare in our countries, but perhaps free circulation will make it more common.
  No Nepal participei numa queixa apresentada por duas ONGs relativa a um caso de pedido de luvas por parte dos responsáveis locais no momento da licitação de um aliciante projecto contra a lepra.And in Nepal I saw a complaint from two NGOs who complained that a leprosy project was being offered on such attractive terms that even the regional government was asking for backhanders.

Definition of leprosy

• An infectious disease caused by infection by ''Mycobacterium leprae''
• In the Bible, a disease of the skin not conclusively identified, which can also affect clothes and houses

Examples

• The Europeans brought new diseases such as smallpox, measles, dysentery, influenza, syphilis and leprosy.

Related words

• leprosarium
• antileprosy
• leprose
• Asturian leprosy