Hansen's disease

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Etymology[edit]

Named after Norwegian physician Gerhard Armauer Hansen, who in 1873 discovered the bacterium causing the disease.

Noun[edit]

Hansen's disease (uncountable)

  1. (pathology) The disease leprosy, caused by infection by Mycobacterium leprae.

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