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Leprosy is a serious long illness caused by tiny living things in the body. It mainly hurts the skin and the nerves. Over time a person may lose feeling in the hands and feet, and the flesh can be damaged.
Leprosy is a serious long illnessleprosy是一種嚴重的長期疾病 caused by tiny living things in the body是身體裡微小的生物造成的。It mainly hurts它主要傷害 the skin and the nerves皮膚和神經。Over time時間久了，a person may lose feeling in the hands and feet病人可能會失去手腳的知覺，and the flesh can be damaged皮肉也可能受損。
Today doctors usually call it Hansen's disease, after the doctor who found the cause. It does not jump from person to person as easily as people used to think; it needs close contact over a long time. Medicine can treat it, especially if it is found early.
Today doctors usually call it Hansen's disease現在醫生通常叫它「漢生病」，after the doctor who found the cause是以發現病因的那位醫生命名的。It does not jump from person to person as easily as people used to think它不像大家以前以為的那樣容易人傳人；it needs close contact over a long time需要長時間的密切接觸才會傳染。Medicine can treat it藥物可以治療它，especially if it is found early尤其是及早發現的話。
For hundreds of years people were terribly afraid of it and forced sick people to live apart. A lot of that fear came from old holy books. Though actually, the skin sickness named in those old texts was not always this same disease — the old word was used more loosely, and later readers folded several skin illnesses into one name.
For hundreds of years幾百年來，people were terribly afraid of it人們非常害怕這個病 and forced sick people to live apart還逼病人分開居住。A lot of that fear came from old holy books這種恐懼有很多是來自古老的聖典。Though actually不過其實，the skin sickness named in those old texts那些古老經文裡提到的皮膚病 was not always this same disease不一定都是同一種病——the old word was used more loosely古時候這個詞用得比較鬆散，and later readers folded several skin illnesses into one terrifying name後來的人把好幾種皮膚病都併成一個嚇人的名字。
In careful talk now, Hansen's disease is the kinder name, because leprosy still carries that old shame.
In careful talk now如今在講究用詞的場合，Hansen's disease is the kinder name「漢生病」是比較不傷人的說法，because leprosy still carries that old shame因為leprosy這個詞仍帶著舊日的恥辱感。
組成From Norman leprosie, from Middle French leprosie, probably from leprous + -ie (like English -y); a Medieval Latin leprōsia is possible but was used of leprosy hospitals. Behind that is Latin lepra, from Greek λέπρα. The move from a scaly skin illness toward today's Hansen's disease happened in large part because Greek λέπρα was used to translate Hebrew tzaraath in the Septuagint, and that wording then passed into the New Testament and later Latin.
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leprosynoun/ˈlɛpɹəsi/
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medicinepathologysciencesAn infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae, gradually producing nerve damage and patches of skin necrosis and historically handled by permanently quarantining its sufferers.
- Then is it surely a leprosy
- The great London doctors knew nothing about leprosy and cared less.
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datedmedicinesciencesSimilar contagious skin diseases causing light patches of scaly skin, particularly psoriasis, syphilis, vitiligo, scabies, and (biblical) the various diseases considered "tzaraath" in the Old Testament.
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Anything considered similarly permanent, harmful, and communicable, particularly when such a thing should be handled by avoidance or isolation of its victims.
- Sin is a spiritual leprosy.
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obsoleteA contagious disease causing similar effects in animals, particularly
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obsoleterareSynonym of leprosarium: a place for the housing of lepers in isolation from the rest of society.
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資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。