OLD WORLD LEISHMANIASIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Old World leishmaniasis mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• OLD WORLD 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 ("Old 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 

Old World leishmaniasis is separated into three distinct types according to epidemiology and clinical manifestations and is caused by species of the L. tropica and L. aethiopica complexes as well as by species of the L. major genus.

(Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)