Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Lepra \Le"pra\ (l[=e]"pr[.a]), n. [L. See {Leper}.] (Med.)
   Leprosy.

   Note: The term lepra was formerly given to various skin
         diseases, the leprosy of modern authors being {Lepra
         Arabum}. See {Leprosy}.