LEISHMANIA


Meaning of LEISHMANIA in English

[leish.man.ia] n [NL, fr. Sir W. B. Leishman d. 1926 Brit. medical officer] (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 adj

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