leprology

English

Etymology

From New Latin leprologia, from Medieval Latin leprōsia (“leprosy”) + -logia (“-logy”), from leprōsus (“leprous”) + -ia, from lepra (“leprosy”) + -ōsus (“-ose”), q.v. Equivalent to leprosy +‎ -ology.

Noun

leprology (uncountable)

1. (sciences) The study of leprosy, particularly (medicine) its diagnosis and treatment.
   • 2014, Tony Gould, A Disease Apart: Leprosy in the Modern World:

     Bergen, the oldest city in the Norwegian kingdom, has been called 'the cradle of modern leprology' and one of its native sons, the physician Daniel Cornelius Danielssen, 'the father of leprology'.

Derived terms

• leprologist, leprologic, leprological

Related terms

• leprosarium

Translations

Translations

• Italian: leprologia
• Latin: leprologia