MUCOCUTANEOUS LEISHMANIASIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mucocutaneous leishmaniasis mean? 

• MUCOCUTANEOUS LEISHMANIASIS (noun)
  The noun MUCOCUTANEOUS 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: MUCOCUTANEOUS LEISHMANIASIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MUCOCUTANEOUS 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 ("mucocutaneous 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 

Cutaneous leishmaniasis causes skin ulcers; mucocutaneous leishmaniasis causes destructive lesions of the mucous membranes of the nose, mouth, and throat; visceral leishmaniasis is the most severe form of the disease and is manifested with anemia, weight loss, hepatomegaly and splenomegaly.

(Leishmaniasis, NCI Thesaurus)

Biologist Dario Zamboni, of the University of São Paulo's Ribeirão Preto Medical School, said: Our study demonstrates that the presence of the virus increases by at least three times the possibility of mucocutaneous leishmaniasis, which destroys and disfigures a patient’s face.

(Study uncovers cause of aggressive leishmaniasis strain, SciDev.Net)