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leishmaniasis

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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Spanish

Alternative forms

  • leishmaniosis

Noun

leishmaniasis f (uncountable)

  1. leishmaniasis

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sandfly

English

Alternative forms

  • sand fly

Etymology

sand +? fly

Noun

sandfly (plural sandflies)

  1. Any of various small flies of the genera Lutzomyia and Phlebotomus whose females suck the blood of vertebrates and thus spread leishmaniasis.
  2. (New Zealand) A small fly of the genus Austrosimulium.
  3. (US) A biting midge (family Ceratopogonidae).

Translations

See also

  • midge
  • no-see-um
  • punkie, punky
  • sand flea

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