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leishmaniasis americana — noun a form of leishmaniasis endemic in Mexico and Central American and South America; sores are limited to the skin and mucosa • Syn: ↑mucocutaneous leishmaniasis, ↑New World leishmaniasis, ↑American leishmaniasis, ↑nasopharyngeal leishmaniasis… … Useful english dictionary
Leishmaniasis — Diseases due to the parasite called Leishmania involving the organs (kala azar), skin plus mucous membranes (espundia), or skin alone (usually named for the place plus boil, button or sore as, for example, Jericho boil, Bagdad button, Delhi sore) … Medical dictionary
American leishmaniasis — noun a form of leishmaniasis endemic in Mexico and Central American and South America; sores are limited to the skin and mucosa • Syn: ↑mucocutaneous leishmaniasis, ↑New World leishmaniasis, ↑leishmaniasis americana, ↑nasopharyngeal leishmaniasis … Useful english dictionary
mucocutaneous leishmaniasis — noun a form of leishmaniasis endemic in Mexico and Central American and South America; sores are limited to the skin and mucosa • Syn: ↑New World leishmaniasis, ↑American leishmaniasis, ↑leishmaniasis americana, ↑nasopharyngeal leishmaniasis •… … Useful english dictionary
New World leishmaniasis — noun a form of leishmaniasis endemic in Mexico and Central American and South America; sores are limited to the skin and mucosa • Syn: ↑mucocutaneous leishmaniasis, ↑American leishmaniasis, ↑leishmaniasis americana, ↑nasopharyngeal leishmaniasis… … Useful english dictionary
mucocutaneous leishmaniasis — see espundia * * * nasopharyngeal leishmaniasis chronic, progressive metastatic spread of lesions of the variety of New World cutaneous leishmaniasis that is caused by Leishmania braziliensis from the skin to the nasal, pharyngeal, and buccal… … Medical dictionary
leishmaniosis — noun sores resulting from a tropical infection by protozoa of the genus Leishmania which are spread by sandflies • Syn: ↑leishmaniasis, ↑kala azar • Hypernyms: ↑protozoal infection • Hyponyms: ↑visceral leishmaniasis, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
kala azar — noun sores resulting from a tropical infection by protozoa of the genus Leishmania which are spread by sandflies • Syn: ↑leishmaniasis, ↑leishmaniosis • Hypernyms: ↑protozoal infection • Hyponyms: ↑visceral leishmaniasis, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Leishmania — A group of parasites causing a disease called leishmaniasis. For a fuller definition and more information, see Leishmania infection. * * * A genus of digenetic, asexual, protozoan flagellates (family Trypanosomatidae) that occur as amastigotes in … Medical dictionary
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