leishmaniasis

(lēs̸h′mə nī′ə sis)

noun

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

Origin: ModL < Leishmania, after Sir W. B. Leishman (1865-1926), Scot bacteriologist

See leishmaniasis in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

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

Origin:

Origin: From New Latin Leishmania, genus of protozoans

Origin: , after Sir William Boog Leishman (1865-1926), British medical officer

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