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The term for the medical condition 'leprosy' is derived from Greek by way of Latin. The word in Latin is the noun 'lepra'. The word was borrowed from the same word in Greek 'lepra'. The Greek noun in turn was derived from the verb 'lepein', which means 'to peel'.

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