guba

1. leprosy
   Guba se danas uspešno leči antibioticima. — Today leprosy is successfully treated with antibiotics.
   U srednjem veku ljudi su se plašili gube. — In the Middle Ages people were afraid of leprosy.
2. (on trees) bracket fungus; inedible fungus
   Na staroj bukvi je izrasla velika guba. — A large bracket fungus grew on the old beech.

A person with leprosy is a gubavac; the adjective is gubav.