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noun
Any of several distinct forms of a disease caused by any of the protozoans of the genus Leishmania, transmitted to humans and animals by bloodsucking sandflies.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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Synonyms: leishmaniosis, sandfly disease
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: disease, condition
noun
sores resulting from a tropical infection by protozoa of the genus Leishmania which are spread by sandflies
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: leishmaniosis, kala azar
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: protozoal infection
Narrower terms: visceral leishmaniasis, kala-azar, Assam fever, dumdum fever, cutaneous leishmaniasis, Old World leishmaniasis, oriental sore, tropical sore, Delhi boil, Aleppo boil, mucocutaneous leishmaniasis, New World leishmaniasis, American leishmaniasis, leishmaniasis americana, nasopharyngeal leishmaniasis
History
Leishmania + -iasis
Across languages
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
