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צִרְעָה   n.f.  leprosy


  leprosy  Gal, PTA, Sam, LJLA.  TN Lev13:3 : מכת<<ש>> צרעה/צרעתה/ היא.  PJ Lev13:55 : מטול דצורעא שקיעא היא  because it is deep-seated "leprosy".  PJ Num12:10 : והא מרים לקת בצורעא  now Miriam was afflicted with leprosy.

To judge from the biblical descriptions, we would not term many of the skin diseases described by these terms as actual leprosy.
  
Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 470b; Jastrow: 1303; Levy Ch-W: 2:337; Tal Sam: 744b;

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