melaatsheid
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)