leproidとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From leprosy +‎ -oid.

発音

• (General American) IPA: /ˈlɛˌprɔɪd/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈlɛprɔɪd/

形容詞

leproid (not comparable)

1. (medicine) Synonym of leprous (“resembling leprosy or its symptoms”).
   • 1839 Nov. 22, London Medical Gazette, p. 325:

     The term leproid or leprous maculatum, I venture to use for a similar colouring, when the edge of each spot is defined and circular.

派生語

• “leproid, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022.

アナグラム

• -peridol, leporid