melaatsheid
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch malaetscheit. Equivalent to melaats (“leprose”) + -heid (“-ity, -ness”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌmeːˈlaːts.ɦɛi̯t/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: me‧laats‧heid
Noun
melaatsheid f (plural melaatsheden)
- (pathology) skin disease; either leprosy (the infectious skin-disease caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium leprae) or (historical) another disease historically conflated with leprosy
Synonyms
- lepra (some contexts)