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leishmania
(redirected from Leishmania peruviana)

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leishmania [liːʃˈmeɪnɪə]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Microbiology) any parasitic flagellate protozoan of the genus Leishmania: infects humans and animals and causes diseases ranging from skin lesions to potentially fatal organ damage
[New Latin, named after Sir W.B. Leishman (1865-1926), Scottish bacteriologist]
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Noun1.Leishmania - flagellate protozoan that causes leishmaniasis
genus Leishmania
flagellate, flagellate protozoan, flagellated protozoan, mastigophoran, mastigophore - a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals


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