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LEISHMANIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Flagellate protozoan that causes leishmaniasis
Synonyms:
genus Leishmania; Leishmania
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Leishmania" is a kind of...):
flagellate; flagellate protozoan; flagellated protozoan; mastigophoran; mastigophore (a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals)