Part 6471

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Infected with leprosy; pertaining to or resembling leprosy.</def> "His hand was <i>leprous</i> as snow."

<i>Ex. iv. 6.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Nat. Hist.)</fld> <def>Leprose.</def>

-- <wordforms><wf>Lep"rous*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Lep"rous*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Lepry</h1> <Xpage=844>

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

<i>Holland.</i>

<h1>Leptiform</h1> <Xpage=844>

<hw>Lep"ti*form</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Leptus</ets> + <ets>-form</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Having a form somewhat like leptus; -- said of active insect larv\'91 having three pairs of legs. See <er>Larva</er>.</def>

<h1>Leptocardia</h1> <Xpage=844>

<hw>Lep`to*car"di*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ small + <?/ the heart.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The lowest class of Vertebrata, including only the Amphioxus. The heart is represented only by a simple pulsating vessel. The blood is colorless; the brain, renal organs, and limbs are wanting, and the backbone is represented only by a simple, unsegmented notochord. See <er>Amphioxus</er>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>Leptocardii</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Leptocardian</h1> <Xpage=844>

<hw>Lep`to*car"di*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt> <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the <er>Leptocardia</er>.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>One of the Leptocardia.</def></def2>

<h1>Leptodactyl</h1> <Xpage=844>

<hw>Lep`to*dac"tyl</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ small, thin + <?/ finger, toe.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A bird or other animal having slender toes.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>lepodactyle</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Leptodactylous</h1> <Xpage=844>

<hw>Lep`to*dac"tyl*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><def>, Having slender toes.</def>

<h1>Leptology</h1> <Xpage=844>

<hw>Lep*tol"o*gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/; <?/ small, subtile + <?/ discourse.]</ety> <def>A minute and tedious discourse on trifling things.</def>

<h1>Leptomeningitis</h1> <Xpage=844>

<hw>Lep`to*men`in*gi"tis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ small + <ets>meningitis</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Inflammation of the <i>pia mater</i> or of the arachnoid membrane.</def>

<h1>Leptorhine</h1> <Xpage=844>

<hw>Lep"to*rhine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ small + <ets><?/</ets>, <ets><?/</ets>, the nose.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Having the nose narrow; -- said esp. of the skull. Opposed to <i>platyrhine</i>.</def>

<h1>Leptostraca</h1> <Xpage=844>

<hw>Lep*tos"tra*ca</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ thin, slender + <?/ shell of a testacean.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An order of Crustacea, including Nebalia and allied forms.</def>

<h1>Leptothrix</h1> <Xpage=844>

<hw>Lep"to*thrix</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ small + <?/ hair.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>A genus of bacteria, characterized by having their filaments very long, slender, and indistinctly articulated.</def>

<h1>Leptothrix</h1> <Xpage=844>