lepromatous leprosy

1. 1.

   a very serious form of leprosy characterized by lesions that spread over much of the body and affecting many systems of the body

   Broaderleprosy

Questions about lepromatous leprosy

What does lepromatous leprosy mean?

lepromatous leprosy means "a very serious form of leprosy characterized by lesions that spread over much of the body and affecting many systems of the body".

Is lepromatous leprosy a common word?

lepromatous leprosy is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.