rare. [f. LEPRA + -(O)LOGIST.] A medical expert in leprous diseases.
1896. A. S. Ashmead, in The Bugle, 30 July, 2/4. Regarding a possible danger from lepra, Dr. Havelburg, an eminent leprologist of Rio Janeiro, recently wrote me: ‘Culture states take due regard of hygiene, [etc.].’
1900. Brit. Med. Jrnl., 12 May, 1164. With the assistance of a number of well-known leprologists.
