leprosy
/ˈleprəsi/noun
उच्चारण लेप्रसी
कुष्ठ रोग, कोढ़
Core word
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a long-lasting infectious disease, caused by bacteria, that affects the skin and nerves and, if it is not treated, can cause loss of feeling and damage to the hands, feet and face
कुष्ठ रोग, कोढ़
- Leprosy can be completely cured with a combination of medicines.
- Baba Amte spent his life caring for people affected by leprosy.
- Leprosy is no longer a disease to be feared, as treatment is free.
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- Doctors in the village clinic screen people for leprosy.
- Early treatment prevents leprosy from causing disability.
Synonyms Hansen's disease
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
leprosy (uncountable)
Leprosy is uncountable: it takes a singular verb and no article for the disease in general.
Leprosy uncountable है: रोग के सामान्य अर्थ में इसके साथ singular verb आती है और article नहीं।
- Leprosy is curable today.
- Leprosy has been nearly eliminated.
suffer from / have leprosy
Use suffer from or have, and be diagnosed with.
Suffer from या have, और be diagnosed with का प्रयोग होता है।
- He was diagnosed with leprosy as a child.
- Patients who suffer from leprosy need early treatment.
treat / cure leprosy
The common verbs are treat, cure and eliminate.
सामान्य क्रियाएँ treat, cure और eliminate हैं।
- Multidrug therapy can cure leprosy.
- The government aims to eliminate leprosy.
leprosy + noun
As a modifier it forms leprosy patient, leprosy colony, leprosy hospital.
Modifier के रूप में यह leprosy patient, leprosy colony, leprosy hospital बनाता है।
- A leprosy hospital was built outside the town.
- Social stigma against leprosy patients is wrong.
+Collocations 4
verb + leprosy
treatcuredetectspreadeliminate
- Early tests help detect leprosy in villages.
leprosy + noun
patienthospitalcolonycampaigndrug
- The leprosy campaign reached remote hills.
adjective + leprosy
earlyadvanceduntreatedcurable
- Untreated leprosy damages nerves.
leprosy + preposition
inamongfromof
- Many cases of leprosy were reported in the old records.
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- Leprosy is not spread by touching an ordinary person.
Leprosy सामान्य व्यक्ति को छूने से नहीं फैलता।
- Mother Teresa served people with leprosy in Kolkata.
मदर टेरेसा ने कोलकाता में कुष्ठ रोगियों की सेवा की।
- Modern medicine has made leprosy fully curable.
आधुनिक चिकित्सा ने कुष्ठ रोग को पूरी तरह ठीक होने योग्य बना दिया है।
- The health worker explained that leprosy needs early treatment.
स्वास्थ्य कार्यकर्ता ने समझाया कि कुष्ठ रोग का उपचार जल्दी होना चाहिए।
- Radhika wrote a paragraph on the stigma attached to leprosy.
राधिका ने कुष्ठ रोग से जुड़े कलंक पर एक अनुच्छेद लिखा।
!Common mistakes 1
✗ He is having a leprosy.
✓ He has leprosy.
Names of diseases like leprosy are uncountable and take no a.
Leprosy जैसे रोगों के नाम uncountable हैं और उनके साथ 'a' नहीं लगता।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
These are all infectious diseases, but each affects a different part of the body and spreads differently.
ये सभी संक्रामक रोग हैं, पर हर एक शरीर के अलग भाग को प्रभावित करता है और अलग तरीके से फैलता है।
A long-lasting bacterial disease of skin and nerves, also called Hansen's disease.
त्वचा और नसों की जीवाणुजनित दीर्घकालिक बीमारी, जिसे Hansen's disease भी कहते हैं।
- Leprosy is curable.
A serious infectious disease that mainly affects the lungs.
गंभीर संक्रामक रोग जो मुख्यतः फेफड़ों को प्रभावित करता है।
- Tuberculosis spreads through the air.
An infection of the gut caused by dirty water.
गंदे पानी से होने वाला आँतों का संक्रमण।
- Cholera broke out after the flood.
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≈Synonyms and antonyms
Synonyms
Hansen's disease
§Grammar and usage
Usage: The word leper for a person with leprosy is now considered offensive, so say a person affected by leprosy instead.
Usage में कुष्ठ रोगी के लिए leper शब्द अब अपमानजनक माना जाता है, इसलिए इसकी जगह a person affected by leprosy कहें।
✓In the exam
General knowledge
Leprosy is also called Hansen's disease, after the Norwegian doctor Gerhard Armauer Hansen, who identified the bacterium that causes it in 1873.
Leprosy को Hansen's disease भी कहा जाता है, जिसका नाम नॉर्वे के डॉक्टर Gerhard Armauer Hansen के नाम पर है, जिन्होंने 1873 में इसका कारक bacterium पहचाना था।