leishmaniasis
English
Etymology
Leishmania + -iasis
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /liːʃməˈnaɪəsɪs/, /laɪʃməˈnaɪəsɪs/
- Rhymes: -aɪəsɪs
Noun
leishmaniasis (plural leishmaniases)
- (pathology) Any of various ulcerative skin diseases caused by any of the protozoans of the genus Leishmania, transmitted to humans and animals by bloodsucking sandflies.
- Synonyms: leishmaniosis, sandfly disease
Synonyms
Hyponyms
- black fever
- Dum Dum fever
- kala-azar
- oriental sore
- tropical sore
Derived terms
- American leishmaniasis
- cutaneous leishmaniasis
- mucocutaneous leishmaniasis
- nasopharyngeal leishmaniasis
- New World leishmaniasis
- visceral leishmaniasis
Related terms
Translations
any of various ulcerative skin diseases caused by any of the protozoans of the genus Leishmania
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Spanish
Alternative forms
Further reading
- “leishmaniasis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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