Translingual

Proper noun

Leishmania f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Trypanosomatidae – parasitic protozoans, a trypanosome, transmitted by sandflies and which cause disease in humans and other vertebrates.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Protozoa - kingdom; Eozoa - subkingdom; Euglenozoa - infrakingdom; Euglenozoa - phylum - phylum; Saccostoma - subphylum; Kinetoplastea - class; Trypanosomatida - order; Trypanosomatidae - family

Descendants

• English: leishmaniasis

English

Noun

leishmania ‎(plural leishmanias)

1. A parasite that causes leishmaniasis, a genus trypanosome protozoa, Leishmania.

Translations

Derived terms

• leishmanial