melaatsheid

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • melaatschheid (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch malaetscheit. Equivalent to melaats (“leprose”) +‎ -heid (“-ity, -ness”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /məˈlaːts.ɦɛi̯t/, /meː-/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: me‧laats‧heid

Noun

melaatsheid f (plural melaatsheden, no diminutive)

  1. (pathology) skin disease; either leprosy (the infectious skin-disease caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium leprae) or (historical) another disease historically conflated with leprosy

Synonyms

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