See Also: leontiasis(medicine)
leontiasis(dictionary)
leontiasis ossea(medicine)

leontiasis (iou)



leontiasis noun. . M18.
[mod. Latin from Greek, from leont-, leon LION: see -IASIS.]
Medicine. Orig., a supposedly lion-like appearance of the face due to lepromatous leprosy. Now, a similar condition (more fully leontiasis ossea ) arising from Paget's disease (of the facial bones).