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leishmania

/liːʃˈmeɪniə/

leishmania noun: a parasite that causes leishmaniasis, a genus trypanosome protozoa, Leishmania.

Noun

leishmania (plural leishmanias)

  1. A parasite that causes leishmaniasis, a genus trypanosome protozoa, Leishmania.

leishmania meaning in Tamil

leishmania in Tamil

லீஷ்மேனியா

Forms of leishmania

pluralleishmanias

Origin of leishmania

From the genus name.

Words formed from leishmania

Questions about leishmania

What does leishmania mean?
Leishmania means a parasite that causes leishmaniasis, a genus trypanosome protozoa, Leishmania.
What is leishmania in Tamil?
Leishmania in Tamil is லீஷ்மேனியா. See Leishmania meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is leishmania?
Leishmania is a noun.
How do you pronounce leishmania?
Leishmania is pronounced /liːʃˈmeɪniə/.
What is the plural of leishmania?
The plural of leishmania is leishmanias.

Words near leishmania in the dictionary

  1. leish
  2. Leishangbam
  3. leishes
  4. Leishman
  5. Leishman stain
  6. leishmania
  7. leishmanial
  8. leishmanias
  9. leishmaniases
  10. leishmaniasis
  11. leishmanic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: leishmania (page history and authors); leishmania (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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