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Leishmaniasis

//liːʃməˈnaɪəsɪs// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any of various ulcerative skin diseases caused by any of the protozoans of the genus Leishmania, transmitted to humans and animals by bloodsucking sandflies.
  2. 2
    sores resulting from a tropical infection by protozoa of the genus Leishmania which are spread by sandflies wordnet

Etymology

Leishmania + -iasis

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