Logo The Wordsmith Dictionary
Exact matches only Allow stemming Match all embedded
New American Oxford Dictionary

leishmania

leish man i a |lēSHˈmānēə, -ˈmanēə liʃˈmeɪniə | noun ( pl. same or leishmanias or leishmaniae |-ˈmānē -ē, -ˈman-, -ēˌī | ) a single-celled parasitic protozoan that spends part of its life cycle in the gut of a sandfly and part in the blood and other tissues of a vertebrate. [Genus Leishmania, phylum Kinetoplastida, kingdom Protista. ] ORIGIN modern Latin, from the name of William B. Leishman (1856 –1926 ), British pathologist.

 

leishmaniasis

leish man i a sis |ˌlēSHməˈnīəsəs ˌliʃməˈnaɪəsəs | noun a tropical and subtropical disease caused by leishmania and transmitted by the bite of sandflies. It affects either the skin or the internal organs.

 

Oxford Dictionary

leishmania

leishmania |liːʃˈmeɪnɪə | noun ( pl. same or leishmanias or leishmaniae |-ˈmeɪnɪʌɪ | ) a single-celled parasitic protozoan which spends part of its life cycle in the gut of a sandfly and part in the blood and other tissues of a vertebrate. Genus Leishmania, phylum Kinetoplastida, kingdom Protista. ORIGIN modern Latin, from the name of William B. Leishman (1856 –1926 ), British pathologist.

 

leishmaniasis

leishmaniasis |ˌliːʃməˈnʌɪəsɪs | noun [ mass noun ] a tropical and subtropical disease caused by leishmania and transmitted by the bite of sandflies. It affects either the skin or the internal organs.

 

Duden Dictionary

Leishmania

Leish ma nia Substantiv, feminin , die |Leishm a nia la͜iʃ …|die Leishmania; Genitiv: der Leishmania, Plural: die Leishmanien neulateinisch ; nach dem englischen Arzt Leishman, 1865 –1926 verschiedene Krankheiten übertragendes Geißeltierchen

 

Spanish Dictionary

leishmaniasis

leishmaniasis nombre femenino Leishmaniosis .SINÓNIMO uta .