leontiasisn.

/ˌliːɒnˈtʌɪəsɪs/

Etymology: modern Latin, < Greek λεοντίασις , < λεοντ- , λέων lion n.: see -asis suffix.

Medicine.

A form of leprosy in which the face assumes a dusky, wrinkled, and somewhat lion-like appearance.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > skin disorders > [noun] > leprosy

spittle-evil?c1225

leperc1275

meselrya1387

lepraa1398

mesela1400

leprosy?a1450

leprosityc1451

lepryc1475

leperhood1491

leperhead1493

leprousnessa1500

lazaryc1503

meselnessc1520

tyre1547

lepernessa1557

satyriasis1587

lazarousness1648

leontiasis1753

cocobay1788

Hansen's disease1938

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl.

1884 Contemp. Rev. Aug. 211 Elephantiasis, Satyriasis, Leontiasis.

1898 P. Manson Trop. Dis. xxvi. 396 The bloated, dusky, wrinkled, greasy, passive countenance [of the leper] acquires the repulsive appearance very appropriately designated ‘leontiasis’.

Draft additions 1997

2. Pathology. In full leontiasis ossea n. /ˈɒsɪə/ [coined in German (R. Virchow Die krankhaften Geschwülste (1865) II. 23), < Latin osseus bony] A condition of overgrowth of facial and other cranial bones, giving the head a supposedly lion-like appearance.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [noun] > of skull

head-mould-shot1650

head-mould-shottenness1684

mould-shot1752

microcephalus1850

iniencephalus1857

microcephalism1861

microcephaly1863

plagiocephaly1873

trigonocephaly1878

trochocephaly1878

leontiasis1885

iniencephaly1902

1885 Trans. Acad. Med. in Ireland 3 316 Every bone in the body..was very heavy, unduly bulky, and exemplified the condition named by Virchow ‘leontiasis’.

1891 Internat. 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].

1900 W. A. N. Dorland Amer. Illustr. 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.

1914 Med. Chron. (Manchester) May 86 Some of the records again suggest examples of diffuse osteoma or sarcoma rather than a true leontiasis.

1957 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 941/1 Leontiasis ossea, a rare disease characterized by an overgrowth of the facial and cranial bones.

1991 Nephron 58 475/1 Facial leontiasis is an extremely rare form of renal osteodystrophy.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	leontiasis
释义	leontiasisn. /ˌliːɒnˈtʌɪəsɪs/ Etymology: modern Latin, < Greek λεοντίασις , < λεοντ- , λέων lion n.: see -asis suffix. Medicine. A form of leprosy in which the face assumes a dusky, wrinkled, and somewhat lion-like appearance. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > skin disorders > [noun] > leprosy spittle-evil?c1225 leperc1275 meselrya1387 lepraa1398 mesela1400 leprosy?a1450 leprosityc1451 lepryc1475 leperhood1491 leperhead1493 leprousnessa1500 lazaryc1503 meselnessc1520 tyre1547 lepernessa1557 satyriasis1587 lazarousness1648 leontiasis1753 cocobay1788 Hansen's disease1938 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. 1884 Contemp. Rev. Aug. 211 Elephantiasis, Satyriasis, Leontiasis. 1898 P. Manson Trop. Dis. xxvi. 396 The bloated, dusky, wrinkled, greasy, passive countenance [of the leper] acquires the repulsive appearance very appropriately designated ‘leontiasis’. Draft additions 1997 2. Pathology. In full leontiasis ossea n. /ˈɒsɪə/ [coined in German (R. Virchow Die krankhaften Geschwülste (1865) II. 23), < Latin osseus bony] A condition of overgrowth of facial and other cranial bones, giving the head a supposedly lion-like appearance. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [noun] > of skull head-mould-shot1650 head-mould-shottenness1684 mould-shot1752 microcephalus1850 iniencephalus1857 microcephalism1861 microcephaly1863 plagiocephaly1873 trigonocephaly1878 trochocephaly1878 leontiasis1885 iniencephaly1902 1885 Trans. Acad. Med. in Ireland 3 316 Every bone in the body..was very heavy, unduly bulky, and exemplified the condition named by Virchow ‘leontiasis’. 1891 Internat. 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]. 1900 W. A. N. Dorland Amer. Illustr. 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. 1914 Med. Chron. (Manchester) May 86 Some of the records again suggest examples of diffuse osteoma or sarcoma rather than a true leontiasis. 1957 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 941/1 Leontiasis ossea, a rare disease characterized by an overgrowth of the facial and cranial bones. 1991 Nephron 58 475/1 Facial leontiasis is an extremely rare form of renal osteodystrophy. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1753
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