Leishman, Sir William Boog


Leishman,

Sir William Boog, Scottish surgeon, 1865-1926. Leishmania - a genus of digenetic, asexual, protozoan flagellates.Leishman chrome cells - basophilic granular leukocytes (basophils) observed in the circulating blood of some persons with blackwater fever.Leishman stain - a polychromed eosin-methylene blue stain used in the examination of blood films.Leishman-Donovan body - the intracytoplasmic, nonflagellated leishmanial form of certain intracellular parasites. Synonym(s): amastigote; L-D bodyleishmaniasis - tropical disease that is spread by sandflies.