leishmaniasis

English

Alternative forms

leishmaniosis

Etymology

Leishmania +‎ -iasis

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /liːʃməˈnaɪəsɪs/, /laɪʃməˈnaɪəsɪs/

Noun

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

Black Fever
Dum-Dum fever
kala-azar

leishmaniosis
sandfly disease

Derived terms

American leishmaniasis
cutaneous leishmaniasis
mucocutaneous leishmaniasis

nasopharyngeal leishmaniasis
New World leishmaniasis
visceral leishmaniasis

Translations

pathology

Arabic: داء الليشمانيات‎
Armenian: լեյշմանիոզ (hy) (leyšmanioz)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 利什曼病 (zh) (lìshímànbìng)
Czech: leishmanióza
Dutch: leishmaniasis f
French: leishmaniose (fr) f
German: Leishmaniose f
Greek: λεϊσμανίαση (el) f (leïsmaníasi)

Hebrew: שׁוֹשַׁנַּת יְרִיחוֹ‎ (he) f (shoshanát yeriḥó)
Hindi: काला अजार (kālā ajār)
Italian: please add this translation if you can
Japanese: リーシュマニア症 (リーシュマニアしょう, rīshumania shou)
Korean: 리슈만편모충증 (risyumanpyeonmochungjeung)
Portuguese: leishmaniose (pt) f
Russian: лейшманио́з (ru) m (lejšmanióz)
Spanish: leishmaniasis f
Vietnamese: bệnh do leishmania

Spanish

Alternative forms

leishmaniosis

Noun

leishmaniasis f (uncountable)

leishmaniasis

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