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idiopathy (medicine) and dry leprosy (medicine)


idiopathy (medicine)


idiopathy


Origin: Gr.; proper, peculiar +, to suffer: cf. F. Idiopathie.

1. A peculiar, or individual, characteristic or affection. "All men are so full of their own fancies and idiopathies, that they scarce have the civility to interchange any words with a stranger." (Dr. H. More)

2. <medicine> A morbid state or condition not preceded or occasioned by any Other disease; a primary disease.

Source: Websters Dictionary


dry leprosy (medicine)


dry leprosy -->
anaesthetic leprosy


A form of leprosy chiefly affecting the nerves, marked by hyperesthesia succeeded by anaesthesia, and by paralysis, ulceration, and various trophic disturbances, terminating in gangrene and mutilation.

Synonym: Danielssen's disease, Danielssen-Boeck disease, dry leprosy, trophoneurotic leprosy.