leprosy bacillus

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   cause of leprosy

   SynonymsMycobacterium leprae

   Broadermycobacteria

Questions about leprosy bacillus

What does leprosy bacillus mean?

leprosy bacillus means "cause of leprosy".

What is another word for leprosy bacillus?

Close synonyms include Mycobacterium leprae. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is leprosy bacillus a common word?

leprosy bacillus 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.