melaatsheid

Dutch

Etymology

melaats (“leprose”) +‎ -heid (“-ity, -ness”)

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: me‧laats‧heid

Noun

melaatsheid f (plural melaatsheden)

  1. (pathology) leprosy (the infectious skin-disease caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium leprae)

Synonyms

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