Hansen's disease

English

Etymology

Named after Norwegian physician Gerhard Armauer Hansen (1841–1912), who in 1873 discovered the bacterium causing the disease.

Noun

Hansen's disease (uncountable)

  1. (pathology) The disease leprosy, caused by infection by Mycobacterium leprae.

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