名詞 leishmaniasis:

1. sores resulting from a tropical infection by protozoa of the genus Leishmania which are spread by sandflies
   同義詞：leishmaniosis, kala azar

leish.man.i.a.sis

n.（名詞）
An infection caused by any of the flagellate protozoans of the genusLeishmania, transmitted to human beings and animals by bloodsucking sand flies.
利什曼病：一種傳染性疾病。它是由利什曼蟲(chóng) 屬中任何一種帶有鞭毛的原生動(dòng)物引起，通過(guò)吸血的白蛉傳染到人體或動(dòng)物身上
A disease, such as kala-azar or either of two clinically distinct ulcerative skin diseases, caused by flagellate protozoans of the genusLeishmania.
利什曼病：一種疾病，如黑熱病或兩種臨床上性質(zhì)不同的潰瘍性皮膚病的一種，是由利什曼蟲(chóng) 屬中帶有鞭毛的原生動(dòng)物引起

來(lái)源：
From New Latin Leishmania [genus of protozoans]
源自 現(xiàn)代拉丁語(yǔ) Leishmania [原生動(dòng)物屬]
after Sir William Boog Leishman (8'5-92'), British medical officer
源自威廉·布格 利什曼 爵士(8'5-92'年），英國(guó)醫(yī)學(xué)官員