AMERICAN LEISHMANIASIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does American leishmaniasis mean? 

• AMERICAN LEISHMANIASIS (noun)
  The noun AMERICAN LEISHMANIASIS has 1 sense:

1. a form of leishmaniasis endemic in Mexico and Central American and South America; sores are limited to the skin and mucosa

  Familiarity information: AMERICAN LEISHMANIASIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AMERICAN LEISHMANIASIS (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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

American leishmaniasis; leishmaniasis americana; mucocutaneous leishmaniasis; nasopharyngeal leishmaniasis; New World leishmaniasis

Hypernyms ("American leishmaniasis" 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)

 Context examples 

New World leishmaniasis, also called American leishmaniasis, occurs in South and Central America and is caused by species of the L. mexicana or L. braziliensis complexes.

(Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)