melaatsheid
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Dutch[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Dutch malaetscheit. Equivalent to melaats (“leprose”) + -heid (“-ity, -ness”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
melaatsheid f (plural melaatsheden)
- (pathology) skin disease; either leprosy (the infectious skin-disease caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium leprae) or (historical) another disease historically conflated with leprosy
Synonyms[edit]
- lepra (some contexts)