leishmaniasis
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Leishmania + -iasis
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leishmaniasis (plural leishmaniases)
- (pathology) Any of various ulcerative skin diseases caused by any of the protozoans of the genus Leishmania, transmitted to humans and animals by bloodsucking sandflies.
- Synonyms: leishmaniosis, sandfly disease
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any of various ulcerative skin diseases caused by any of the protozoans of the genus Leishmania
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Noun[edit]
leishmaniasis f (uncountable)
Further reading[edit]
- “leishmaniasis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- English terms suffixed with -iasis
- English 5-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/aɪəsɪs
- Rhymes:English/aɪəsɪs/5 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English nouns with irregular plurals
- en:Diseases
- en:Insect-borne diseases
- en:Trypanosomal diseases
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish uncountable nouns
- Spanish feminine nouns