LEISHMANIA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Flagellate protozoan that causes leishmaniasis

Synonyms:

genus Leishmania; Leishmania

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Leishmania" is a kind of...):

flagellate; flagellate protozoan; flagellated protozoan; mastigophoran; mastigophore (a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals)

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