How to Use leprosy in a Sentence

leprosy

noun
  • But, the leprosy bacteria already seems to know how stem cells work.
    — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 12 Oct. 2018
  • This is, after all, his own nightmare, though in his dream the culprit is always leprosy.
    — Joan Frank, Washington Post, 3 May 2023
  • Among the questions that still linger is how leprosy spread across Europe in centuries past.
    — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 14 May 2018
  • As for treatment for leprosy in wild chimpanzees, that could prove challenging.
    — Hannah Ryan, CNN, 14 Oct. 2021
  • Current tests for leprosy require a skin smear to confirm if bacteria are present.
    — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 12 Oct. 2018
  • Winchester also had a health care center where people with leprosy were cared for.
    — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 May 2024
  • Can humans, dogs get leprosy from armadillos?
    — Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 29 Oct. 2025
  • These days, leprosy is curable but continues to affect tens of thousands each year.
    — Kathleen M. Wong, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Mar. 2022
  • In Pará, the prevalence of leprosy in armadillos is more than three times higher.
    — National Geographic, 28 June 2018
  • The list also includes dengue fever, leprosy, and chikungunya.
    — Paula Andalo | Kff Health News, NBC News, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Monroe County hasn’t recorded a leprosy case in more than 10 years.
    — Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2024
  • The other nine were on to the next thing in life, a life without leprosy and too busy thinking about the future to be grateful for the past.
    — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 8 Nov. 2019
  • The good news is that most people actually aren’t at risk of contracting leprosy.
    — Erica Sweeney, Men's Health, 4 Aug. 2023
  • There were other horrors, including the constant threat of leprosy.
    — Longreads, 19 Jan. 2022
  • Primitive peoples believed that the touch of a king could cure them of leprosy and other illnesses.
    — Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 1 Apr. 2020
  • Shaming should only be deployed against those with leprosy or women who leave the house without a chaperone.
    — Georgia Garvey, chicagotribune.com, 26 Apr. 2021
  • At one time, people with leprosy were isolated in colonies — due to the fear that it was easily transmitted.
    — Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 10 Sep. 2024
  • Modern red squirrels have a strain of leprosy closely related to a medieval human strain.
    — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 May 2024
  • The bark is still used to treat inflammation, bronchitis, dysentery, leprosy, and piles.
    — Dorothy Wickenden, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2022
  • For the purposes of leprosy research, though, its real charm lies in its body temperature.
    — Eric Boodman, STAT, 17 Nov. 2022
  • That’s except for King Viserys, whose nasty battle with a form of leprosy has reduced him to all but a breathing corpse.
    — Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 10 Oct. 2022
  • To prove his point, Kupfer studied reactions to images of leprosy, smallpox and measles, which show up as small bumps and clusters on the skin.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 13 Sep. 2017
  • From leprosy villages, from HIV backgrounds; some have been trafficked, sometimes more than once.
    — Allie Torgan, CNN, 10 May 2018
  • This brilliant chemist at age 23 created the first effective treatment for leprosy.
    — Dallas News, 1 Mar. 2022
  • For centuries, leprosy had been thought to be a punishment from God, and people hated and feared those whose bodies were marked by the disease.
    — Erin Blakemore, Washington Post, 4 Feb. 2018
  • In some forms of leprosy, foamy macrophages can harbor hundreds of bacteria in each cell — an extreme version of what occurs in acne patients.
    — Isabella Cueto, STAT, 23 July 2022
  • Armadillos are the only mammal other than humans to carry a specific strain of leprosy.
    — Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Do armadillos carry leprosy or other diseases?
    — Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 22 Aug. 2025
  • On April 1, Khanna tweeted a call-out for the names of aged care homes, orphanages or leprosy centers that needed help.
    — Vedika Sud, CNN, 12 Oct. 2020
  • In 2015, experts blamed armadillos for higher than normal leprosy cases in the state.
    — Sara Moniuszko, CBS News, 31 July 2023

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'leprosy.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: