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LEISHMANIASIS AMERICANA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A form of leishmaniasis endemic in Mexico and Central American and South America; sores are limited to the skin and mucosa
Synonyms:
American leishmaniasis; leishmaniasis americana; mucocutaneous leishmaniasis; nasopharyngeal leishmaniasis; New World leishmaniasis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("leishmaniasis americana" 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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