Leishmania

leishmania

(liːʃˈmeɪnɪə)

n

(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

[C20: New Latin, named after Sir W.B. Leishman (1865–1926), Scottish bacteriologist]

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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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