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Noun: Hansen's disease
  1. Chronic granulomatous communicable disease occurring in tropical and subtropical regions; characterized by inflamed nodules beneath the skin and wasting of body parts; caused by the bacillus Mycobacterium leprae
    "His body was deformed by Hansen's disease";
    - leprosy

Type of: infectious disease

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