Hansen's disease
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Named after Norwegian physician Gerhard Armauer Hansen, who in 1873 discovered the bacterium causing the disease.
Noun[edit]
Hansen's disease (uncountable)
- (pathology) The disease leprosy, caused by infection by Mycobacterium leprae.
Translations[edit]
Hansen's disease (only translations that use the name Hansen somehow) — see also leprosy
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