LEISHMANIA


Meaning of LEISHMANIA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ lēsh-ˈma-nē-ə ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin, from Sir W. B. Leishman died 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 -nē-əl adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.