Leprosy vs Albinism - What's the difference?
leprosy | albinism |
An infectious disease caused by infection by Mycobacterium leprae .
In the Bible, a disease of the skin not conclusively identified, which can also affect clothes and houses.
Congenital lack of melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); the condition of being albino.
As nouns the difference between leprosy and albinism
is that leprosy is an infectious disease caused by infection by Mycobacterium leprae while albinism is congenital lack of melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); the condition of being albino.leprosy
English
(wikipedia leprosy)Noun
(leprosies)- The Europeans brought new diseases such as smallpox, measles, dysentery, influenza, syphilis and leprosy .