leprosylike

English

Etymology

leprosy + -like

Adjective

leprosylike (comparative more leprosylike, superlative most leprosylike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of leprosy.
    • 1982, American Chemical Society, Chemical and engineering news, volume 60, numbers 1-9:
      Smith heads a group that is screening for leprosylike disease in armadillos in areas of the Texas Gulf Coast []
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