n.
Pronunciation: l ē sh- ' ma-n ē - ə
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin, from Sir W. B. Leishman † 1926 British medical officer
Date: 1914
: any of a genus ( Leishmania ) of flagellate protozoans that are parasitic in the tissues of vertebrates broadly : an organism resembling the leishmanias that is included in the family (Trypanosomatidae) to which they belong
– leish · man · ial \ -n ē - ə l \ adjective