How to Use "leprosy" with Example Sentences

1. Scientists have discovered that generations of urban living develops resistance to tb , leprosy and other diseases
2. Then the researchers zeroed in on a gene variant that offers protection against diseases like tuberculosis or leprosy .
3. Spuds were variously thought to cause leprosy , to be fit only for animals , to be associated with the devil or to be poisonous .
4. Researchers discovered that people who have a history of living in more populated regions are more likely to have a genetic variant which gives them a resistance to diseases such as tuberculosis and leprosy .
5. And I have a wooden comb with a decoration of woven wool made and sold by a tanzanian man who lost his fingers to leprosy but still found a way to make a living-weaving colored yarn with his stumps and his teeth .