Complete Definition of "leishmaniasis"

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Alternative spellings
leishmaniosis

Noun
leishmaniasis (plural leishmaniases)

  1. pathology An ulcerative skin disease caused by any of the protozoans of the genus Leishmania, transmitted to humans and animals by bloodsucking sandfly|sandflies.

Synonyms

Black Fever
Dum-Dum fever
kala-azar
mid
leishmaniosis
sandfly disease

Derived terms

American leishmaniasis
cutaneous leishmaniasis
mucocutaneous leishmaniasis
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nasopharyngeal leishmaniasis
New World leishmaniasis
visceral leishmaniasis

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