Medical Definition of Lepromatous
1. Pertaining to, or characterised by, the features of a leproma. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lepromatous
Literary usage of Lepromatous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Evaluationsby DIANE Publishing Company by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"TREATMENT OF lepromatous LEPROSY, INCLUDING DAPSONE-RESISTANT lepromatous LEPROSY
AND lepromatous LEPROSY COMPLICATED BY ERYTHEMA ..."
2. Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluationsedited by Barry Leonard edited by Barry Leonard (1999)
"Treatment of lepromatous leprosy, including dapsone-resistant lepromatous leprosy
and lepromatous leprosy complicated by erythema nodosum leprosum. ..."
3. In the Shade of an Acacia Tree: Memoirs of a Health Officer in Africa, 1945-1959 by Frank L. Lambrecht (1991)
"(In 1974 it was experimentally proven that Mycobacterium leprae can be inoculated
directly from human lepromatous lesions into the armadillo, Dasypus spp. ..."
4. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1899)
"The hard and soft palate may be infiltrated with small lepromatous nodules; and
ulcers may be observed on the gums and palate. ..."
5. Diseases of the Skin by Richard Lightburn Sutton (1919)
"... is by the recognition of the bacilli in the affected tissues, in serum or
blood obtained from the lepromatous nodules, or in the nasal discharges. ..."
6. Progressive Medicine by Hobart Amory Hare (1904)
"Macules or leuko- dermic spots are present in 89 per cent, of the cases.
lepromatous nodules are present in 74 per cent, of the cases. ..."
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