CUTANEOUS LEISHMANIASIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cutaneous leishmaniasis mean? 

• CUTANEOUS LEISHMANIASIS (noun)
  The noun CUTANEOUS LEISHMANIASIS has 1 sense:

1. leishmaniasis of the skin; characterized by ulcerative skin lesions

  Familiarity information: CUTANEOUS LEISHMANIASIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CUTANEOUS LEISHMANIASIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Leishmaniasis of the skin; characterized by ulcerative skin lesions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

Aleppo boil; cutaneous leishmaniasis; Delhi boil; Old World leishmaniasis; oriental sore; tropical sore

Hypernyms ("cutaneous leishmaniasis" is a kind of...):

kala azar; leishmaniasis; leishmaniosis (sores resulting from a tropical infection by protozoa of the genus Leishmania which are spread by sandflies)

 Context examples 

An acute necrotizing form of cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Infection with leishmania tropica major.

(Asian Desert Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, NCI Thesaurus)