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Hansen's disease

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Etymology

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

Noun

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Hansen's disease (uncountable)

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

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