leishmaniasis
noun
leish路man路i路a路sis
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plural leishmaniases\ 藢l膿sh-m蓹-藞n墨-蓹-藢s膿z
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Definition of leishmaniasis
: infection with or disease caused by leishmanias
Examples of leishmaniasis in a Sentence
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It was originally developed to tackle breast cancer, but the drug became the leading option to treat another parasitic infection, leishmaniasis. — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, "Brain-eating amoeba kills again鈥攈ere鈥檚 how it kills and how to avoid it," 26 July 2019 As the family left through the swarm of people waiting outside the door, a man took his turn on the examination table to have a leg wound treated, while at the same time a wife and her husband received leishmaniasis injections at the nearby counter. — Raja Abdulrahim, WSJ, "After the Gas and Bombs: The Health Crisis That鈥檚 Killing Syria," 17 Apr. 2018 Someone else reports having seen an open leishmaniasis sore on one of the boatmen. — Richard Conniff, Smithsonian, "A New Age of Discovery Is Happening Right Now in the Remote Forests of Suriname," 29 Mar. 2017 Meanwhile, the sandflies that host parasites that cause leishmaniasis, some varieties of which cause skin lesions or spleen and liver damage, are showing up in north Texas. — National Geographic, "Climate Change Pushing Tropical Diseases Toward Arctic," 14 June 2017 Sand flies, which transmit the parasite that causes leishmaniasis, a skin disease, are also more active and take more blood meals in warmer temperatures. — Mark Johnson, jsonline.com, "Infectious disease collides with changing climate," 24 May 2017 Leishmaniasis, a sometimes-fatal, once primarily tropical affliction, has moved into northern Texas as the sandflies that host the disease-causing parasite head north. — Craig Welch, National Geographic, "Half of All Species Are on the Move鈥擜nd We're Feeling It," 27 Apr. 2017 Someone else reports having seen an open leishmaniasis sore on one of the boatmen. — Richard Conniff, Smithsonian, "A New Age of Discovery Is Happening Right Now in the Remote Forests of Suriname," 2 May 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'leishmaniasis.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for leishmaniasis
leishmaniasis
noun
leish路man路i路a路sis
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plural leishmaniases\ -藢s膿z
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Medical Definition of leishmaniasis
: infection with or disease (as kala-azar or oriental sore) caused by leishmanias