释义 |
leish·man·ia \lēshˈmanēə, lish-, -ˈmān-\ noun Etymology: New Latin, from Sir William B. Leishman died 1926 British medical officer + New Latin -ia 1. capitalized : a genus of flagellates (family Trypanosomatidae) parasitic in the tissues of vertebrates, probably transmitted by insects in a manner comparable to trypanosomes, and occurring parasitically as a minute ovoid or spherical nonflagellated body with a definite kinetoplast and usually an intracellular axoneme but in culture and presumably in the invertebrate host assuming the form typical of a leptomonas — see kala-azar, oriental sore 2. -s : any organism of the genus Leishmania; also : any member of the family Trypanosomatidae when showing the typical intracellular leishmanial form • leish·mani·al \(ˈ) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷əl\ adjective |