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AMERICAN LEISHMANIASIS

Dictionary entry overview: What does American leishmaniasis mean?

• AMERICAN LEISHMANIASIS (noun)
The noun AMERICAN LEISHMANIASIS has 1 sense:

1. a form of leishmaniasis endemic in Mexico and Central American and South America; sores are limited to the skin and mucosa

Familiarity information: AMERICAN LEISHMANIASIS used as a noun is very rare.

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• AMERICAN LEISHMANIASIS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A form of leishmaniasis endemic in Mexico and Central American and South America; sores are limited to the skin and mucosa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

American leishmaniasis; leishmaniasis americana; mucocutaneous leishmaniasis; nasopharyngeal leishmaniasis; New World leishmaniasis

Hypernyms ("American leishmaniasis" is a kind of...):

kala azar; leishmaniasis; leishmaniosis (sores resulting from a tropical infection by protozoa of the genus Leishmania which are spread by sandflies)

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