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Word: Leishmania
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
modern Latin, from the name of William B. Leishman (1856–1926), British pathologist
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
liːʃˈmeɪnɪə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a single-celled parasitic protozoan which spends part of its life cycle in the gut of a sandfly and part in the blood and other tissues of a vertebrate.
Short Definition:single-celled parasitic protozoan which spends part of its life cycle in gut of sandfly
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