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<hw>Lep`i*do*sau"ri*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/, <?/, a scale + <?/ a lizard.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A division of reptiles, including the serpents and lizards; the Plagiotremata.</def>

<h1>Lepidosiren</h1> <Xpage=843>

<hw>Lep`i*do*si"ren</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, <?/, a scale + <?/ a siren.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An eel-shaped ganoid fish of the order Dipnoi, having both gills and lungs. It inhabits the rivers of South America. The name is also applied to a related African species (<spn>Protopterus annectens</spn>). The lepidosirens grow to a length of from four to six feet. Called also <altname>doko</altname>.</def>

<h1>Lepidote, Lepidoted</h1> <Xpage=843>

<hw><hw>Lep"i*dote</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Lep"i*do`ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ covered with scales, fr. <?/, <?/, a scale.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having a coat of scurfy scales, as the leaves of the oleaster.</def>

<h1>Lepisma</h1> <Xpage=843>

<hw>Le*pis"ma</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ peel, fr. <?/, <?/, a scale.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of wingless thysanurous insects having an elongated flattened body, covered with shining scales and terminated by seven unequal bristles. A common species (<spn>Lepisma saccharina</spn>) is found in houses, and often injures books and furniture. Called also <altname>shiner</altname>, <altname>silver witch</altname>, <i>silver moth</i>, and <i>furniture bug</i>.</def><-- also called silverfish. Eats sized paper and starched clothes -->

<h1>Lepismoid</h1> <Xpage=843>

<hw>Le*pis"moid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Lepisma</ets> + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Like or pertaining to the Lepisma.</def>

<h1>Leporine</h1> <Xpage=843>

<hw>Lep"o*rine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>leporinus</ets>, fr. <ets>lepus</ets>, <ets>leporis</ets>, hare. See <er>Leveret</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to a hare; like or characteristic of, a hare.</def>

<h1>Lepra</h1> <Xpage=843>

<hw>Le"pra</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. See <er>Leper</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Leprosy.</def>

<note>&hand; The term <i>lepra</i> was formerly given to various skin diseases, the leprosy of modern authors being <stype>Lepra Arabum</stype>. See <er>Leprosy</er>.</note>

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<h1>Lepre</h1> <Xpage=844>

<hw>Lep"re</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Leprosy.</def><mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Wyclif.</i>

<h1>Leprose</h1> <Xpage=844>

<hw>Lep"rose`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Leprous</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Nat. Hist.)</fld> <def>Covered with thin, scurfy scales.</def>

<h1>Leprosity</h1> <Xpage=844>

<hw>Le*pros"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state or quality of being leprous or scaly; also, a scale.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Leprosy</h1> <Xpage=844>

<hw>Lep"ro*sy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Leprous</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A cutaneous disease which first appears as blebs or as reddish, shining, slightly prominent spots, with spreading edges. These are often followed by an eruption of dark or yellowish prominent nodules, frequently producing great deformity. In one variety of the disease, an\'91sthesia of the skin is a prominent symptom. In addition there may be wasting of the muscles, falling out of the hair and nails, and distortion of the hands and feet with destruction of the bones and joints. It is incurable, and is probably contagious.</def><-- caused by the bacterium <spn>Mycobacterium leprae</spn>, curable in most cases by therapy with a combination of antibiotics, but cases resistant to therapy are increasing. -->

<note>&hand; The disease now called leprosy, also designated as <i>Lepra</i> or <i>Lepra Arabum</i>, and <i>Elephantiasis Gr\'91corum</i>, is not the same as the leprosy of the ancients. The latter was, indeed, a generic name for many varieties of skin disease (including our modern leprosy, psoriasis, etc.), some of which, among the Hebrews, rendered a person ceremonially unclean. A variety of leprosy of the Hebrews (probably identical with modern leprosy) was characterized by the presence of smooth, shining, depressed white patches or scales, the hair on which participated in the whiteness while the skin and adjacent flesh became insensible. It was incurable disease.</note>

<h1>Leprous</h1> <Xpage=844>

<hw>Lep"rous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>leprous</ets>, <ets>lepros</ets>, F. <ets>l\'82preux</ets>, fr. L. <ets>leprosus</ets>, fr. <ets>lepra</ets>, <ets>leprae</ets>, leprosy. See <er>Leper</er>.]</ety>