leishmaniasis

leish·man·i·a·sis  (lshm-n-ss)

n.

1. An infection caused by any of the flagellate protozoans of the genus Leishmania, transmitted to humans and animals by bloodsucking sand flies.

2. A disease, such as kala-azar or either of two clinically distinct ulcerative skin diseases, caused by flagellate protozoans of the genus Leishmania.

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[From New Latin Leishmania, genus of protozoans, after Sir William Boog Leishman (1865-1926), British medical officer.]

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leishmaniasis  (lshm-n-ss)

An infection or disease caused by any of the flagellate protozoans of the genus Leishmania, transmitted to humans and animals by bloodsucking sand flies and characterized by skin ulcerations or an acute illness marked by fever, anemia, and enlargement of the liver and spleen.

Thesaurus

Noun

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leishmaniasis - sores resulting from a tropical infection by protozoa of the genus Leishmania which are spread by sandflies kala azar, leishmaniosis protozoal infection - any infection caused by a protozoan Assam fever, dumdum fever, kala-azar, visceral leishmaniasis - leishmaniasis of the viscera Aleppo boil, cutaneous leishmaniasis, Delhi boil, Old World leishmaniasis, oriental sore, tropical sore - leishmaniasis of the skin; characterized by ulcerative skin lesions American leishmaniasis, leishmaniasis americana, mucocutaneous leishmaniasis, nasopharyngeal leishmaniasis, New World leishmaniasis - a form of leishmaniasis endemic in Mexico and Central American and South America; sores are limited to the skin and mucosa