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Leishmaniasis

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Noun

1. kala azar, leishmaniasis, leishmaniosis

sores resulting from a tropical infection by protozoa of the genus Leishmania which are spread by sandflies

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Leishmaniasis

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noun
any disease, such as kala-azar, caused by protozoa of the genus Leishmania

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Leishmaniasis

see synonyms of leishmaniasis
noun
any of several infectious diseases, esp. kala azar, caused by protozoan parasites (genus Leishmania)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Leishmaniasis

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n.
1. An infection caused by any of the flagellate protozoans of the genus Leishmania, transmitted to humans and animals by bloodsucking sandflies.
2. A disease, such as kala-azar or either of two clinically distinct ulcerative skin diseases, caused by flagellate protozoans of the genus Leishmania.

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