Hansen's disease
(Redirected from Hansen’s disease)
English
editEtymology
editNamed after Norwegian physician Gerhard Armauer Hansen (1841–1912), who in 1873 discovered the bacterium causing the disease.
Noun
editHansen's disease (uncountable)
- (pathology) The disease leprosy, caused by infection by Mycobacterium leprae.
Translations
editHansen's disease (only translations that use the name Hansen somehow) — see also leprosy
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