different between leishmaniasis vs miltefosine

English

Alternative forms

• leishmaniosis

Etymology

Leishmania +? -iasis

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li??m??na??s?s/, /la??m??na??s?s/
• Rhymes: -a??s?s

Noun

leishmaniasis (plural leishmaniases)

1. (medicine) 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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Translations

Spanish

Alternative forms

• leishmaniosis

Noun

leishmaniasis f (uncountable)

1. leishmaniasis

English

Etymology

From [Term?] +? -fosine (“cytostatic”).

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Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /m?l?t?f.?.zi?n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /m?l?t?f.??sin/

Noun

miltefosine (plural miltefosines)

1. (pharmacology) An antiprotozoal drug, 2-(hexadecoxy-oxido-phosphoryl)oxyethyl-trimethyl-azanium, used in oral treatment of leishmaniasis.