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‖ leontiasis Med.|ˌliːɒnˈtaɪəsɪs|
[mod.L., a. Gr. λεοντίασις, f. λεοντ-, λέων lion: see -asis.]
A form of leprosy in which the face assumes a dusky, wrinkled, and somewhat lion-like appearance.
1753in Chambers Cycl. Supp. 1884Contemp. Rev. Aug. 211 Elephantiasis, Satyriasis, Leontiasis. 1898P. Manson Trop. Diseases xxvi. 396 The bloated, dusky, wrinkled, greasy, passive countenance [of the leper] acquires the repulsive appearance very appropriately designated ‘leontiasis’.
Add:2. Path. In full leontiasis ossea |ˈɒsɪə| [coined in Ger. (R. Virchow Die krankhaften Geschwülste (1865) II. 23), f. L. osseus bony]. A condition of overgrowth of facial and other cranial bones, giving the head a supposedly lion-like appearance.
1885Trans. Acad. Med. in Ireland III. 316 Every bone in the body..was very heavy, unduly bulky, and exemplified the condition named by Virchow ‘leontiasis’. 1891Internat. Clinics I. 17 In leontiasis ossea there is a growth of true bony tumors of the face and cranium, instead of the uniformly distributed hyperostosis of this disease [sc. acromegaly]. 1900Dorland Med. Dict. 351/1 Leontiasis,..1. A bilateral and symmetric hypertrophy of the bones of the face and skull, leading to a lion-like facial expression. Called also L. ossea or L. ossium. 1914Med. Chron. (Manchester) May 86 Some of the records again suggest examples of diffuse osteoma or sarcoma rather than a true leontiasis. 1957Encycl. Brit. XIII. 941/1 Leontiasis ossea, a rare disease characterized by an overgrowth of the facial and cranial bones. 1991Nephron LVIII. 475/1 Facial leontiasis is an extremely rare form of renal osteodystrophy. |