leishmaniasis

English

Etymology

Leishmania +‎ -iasis

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liːʃməˈnaɪəsɪs/, /laɪʃməˈnaɪəsɪs/
• Rhymes: -aɪəsɪs

Noun

leishmaniasis (plural leishmaniases)

1. (pathology) Any of various ulcerative skin diseases caused by any of the protozoans of the genus Leishmania, transmitted to humans and animals by bloodsucking sandflies.

   Synonyms: leishmaniosis, sandfly disease

Synonyms

• leishmaniosis

 

Hyponyms

• black fever
• Dum Dum fever
• kala-azar
• oriental sore
• tropical sore

 

Derived terms

• American leishmaniasis
• cutaneous leishmaniasis
• mucocutaneous leishmaniasis
• nasopharyngeal leishmaniasis
• New World leishmaniasis
• visceral leishmaniasis

 

Related terms

• Leishmania
• leishmania
• leishmaniosis
• leishmaniotic

 

Translations

any of various ulcerative skin diseases caused by any of the protozoans of the genus Leishmania

• Arabic: داء الليشمانيات
• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܐܕܪܐ (ʾeḏrā)

• Armenian: լեյշմանիոզ (hy) (leyšmanioz)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 利什曼病 (zh) (lìshímànbìng)

• Czech: leishmanióza
• Dutch: leishmaniasis f
• Esperanto: lejŝmaniazo
• French: leishmaniose (fr) f
• Galician: leishmaníase (gl) f, leishmaniose (gl) f
• German: Leishmaniose f
• Greek: λεϊσμανίαση (el) f (leïsmaníasi)
• Hebrew: שׁוֹשַׁנַּת יְרִיחוֹ (he) f (shoshanát yeriḥó)
• Hindi: काला अजार (kālā ajār)
• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: リーシュマニア症 (リーシュマニアしょう, rīshumania shou)
• Korean: 리슈만편모충증 (risyumanpyeonmochungjeung)
• Portuguese: leishmaniose (pt) f
• Russian: лейшманио́з (ru) m (lejšmanióz)
• Spanish: leishmaniasis f
• Vietnamese: bệnh do leishmania

Spanish

Alternative forms

• leishmaniosis

Noun

leishmaniasis f (uncountable)

1. leishmaniasis

Further reading

• “leishmaniasis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10