VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does visceral leishmaniasis mean? 

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

1. leishmaniasis of the viscera

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Leishmaniasis of the viscera

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

Assam fever; dumdum fever; kala-azar; visceral leishmaniasis

Hypernyms ("visceral 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 

There are three main forms of the disease: cutaneous, mucocutaneous, and visceral leishmaniasis.

(Leishmaniasis, NCI Thesaurus)

Cutaneous leishmaniasis causes skin ulcers; mucocutaneous leishmaniasis causes destructive lesions of the mucous membranes of the nose, mouth, and throat; visceral leishmaniasis is the most severe form of the disease and is manifested with anemia, weight loss, hepatomegaly and splenomegaly.

(Leishmaniasis, NCI Thesaurus)