Hansen's disease

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Hansen's disease: see leprosy leprosy or Hansen's disease , chronic, mildly infectious malady capable of producing, when untreated, various deformities and disfigurements. It is caused by the rod-shaped bacterium Mycobacterium leprae, first described by G.
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Hansen's disease [′han·sənz di‚zēz]

(medicine)

An infectious disease of humans thought to be caused byMycobacterium leprae; common manifestations are cutaneous and neural lesions. Also known as leprosy.

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