stammer | | |
n. (state) | 1. stammer, stutter | a speech disorder involving hesitations and involuntary repetitions of certain sounds. |
| ~ defect of speech, speech defect, speech disorder | a disorder of oral speech. |
v. (communication) | 2. bumble, falter, stammer, stutter | speak haltingly.; "The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room" |
| ~ mouth, speak, talk, verbalise, verbalize, utter | express in speech.; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize" |
leprosy | | |
n. (state) | 1. hansen's disease, leprosy | chronic granulomatous communicable disease occurring in tropical and subtropical regions; characterized by inflamed nodules beneath the skin and wasting of body parts; caused by the bacillus Mycobacterium leprae. |
| ~ infectious disease | a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact. |
| ~ tuberculoid leprosy | leprosy characterized by tumors in the skin and cutaneous nerves. |
| ~ lepromatous leprosy | a very serious form of leprosy characterized by lesions that spread over much of the body and affecting many systems of the body. |
| ~ enl, erythema nodosum leprosum | an inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face. |
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