NEW WORLD LEISHMANIASIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does New World leishmaniasis mean? 

• NEW WORLD LEISHMANIASIS (noun)
  The noun NEW WORLD LEISHMANIASIS has 1 sense:

1. a form of leishmaniasis endemic in Mexico and Central American and South America; sores are limited to the skin and mucosa

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEW WORLD LEISHMANIASIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A form of leishmaniasis endemic in Mexico and Central American and South America; sores are limited to the skin and mucosa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

American leishmaniasis; leishmaniasis americana; mucocutaneous leishmaniasis; nasopharyngeal leishmaniasis; New World leishmaniasis

Hypernyms ("New World 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 

New World leishmaniasis, also called American leishmaniasis, occurs in South and Central America and is caused by species of the L. mexicana or L. braziliensis complexes.

(Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)