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Definition of: leishmaniasis
(līsh′mən·ī′ə·sis) noun Palhol.
Any disease caused by parasitic protozoans of the genus Leishmania, especially the tropical disease kala–azar. Also leish′man·i′o·sis. [after Sir William B. Leishman, 1865–1926, English army surgeon]
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