| 释义 |
leish·man-don·o·van body
\¦līshmənˈdänəvən-, -ˈdən-\ noun
Usage: usually capitalized L&D
Etymology: after Sir William B. Leishman died 1926 English army surgeon & Charles Donovan died 1951 Irish physician
: a protozoan of the genus Leishmania (especially L. donovani) in its nonmotile stage that is found especially in cells of the skin, spleen, and liver of individuals affected with leishmaniasis and especially kala-azar — compare donovan body in the Dict |