Associations to the word «Leishmaniasis»

Wiktionary

LEISHMANIASIS, noun. (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.

Dictionary definition

LEISHMANIASIS, noun. Sores resulting from a tropical infection by protozoa of the genus Leishmania which are spread by sandflies.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats