leishmaniasis

leish·man·i·a·sis | \ ˌlēsh-mə-ˈnī-ə-səs

How to pronounce leishmaniasis (audio)

\

plural leishmaniases\ ˌlēsh-mə-ˈnī-ə-ˌsēz

How to pronounce leishmaniases (audio)

\

Definition of leishmaniasis

: infection with or disease caused by leishmanias

Examples of leishmaniasis in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Besides combating malaria, gene drives could be used to alter, or even eliminate, other disease-causing insects, from the sand flies that transmit leishmaniasis to ticks that carry Lyme disease in the United States. — Jennifer Kahn, New York Times, "The Gene Drive Dilemma: We Can Alter Entire Species, but Should We?," 8 Jan. 2020 It was originally developed to tackle breast cancer, but the drug became the leading option to treat another parasitic infection, leishmaniasis. — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, "Brain-eating amoeba kills again—here’s how it kills and how to avoid it," 26 July 2019 As the family left through the swarm of people waiting outside the door, a man took his turn on the examination table to have a leg wound treated, while at the same time a wife and her husband received leishmaniasis injections at the nearby counter. — Raja Abdulrahim, WSJ, "After the Gas and Bombs: The Health Crisis That’s Killing Syria," 17 Apr. 2018 Someone else reports having seen an open leishmaniasis sore on one of the boatmen. — Richard Conniff, Smithsonian, "A New Age of Discovery Is Happening Right Now in the Remote Forests of Suriname," 29 Mar. 2017 Meanwhile, the sandflies that host parasites that cause leishmaniasis, some varieties of which cause skin lesions or spleen and liver damage, are showing up in north Texas. — National Geographic, "Climate Change Pushing Tropical Diseases Toward Arctic," 14 June 2017 Sand flies, which transmit the parasite that causes leishmaniasis, a skin disease, are also more active and take more blood meals in warmer temperatures. — Mark Johnson, jsonline.com, "Infectious disease collides with changing climate," 24 May 2017 Leishmaniasis, a sometimes-fatal, once primarily tropical affliction, has moved into northern Texas as the sandflies that host the disease-causing parasite head north. — Craig Welch, National Geographic, "Half of All Species Are on the Move—And We're Feeling It," 27 Apr. 2017 Someone else reports having seen an open leishmaniasis sore on one of the boatmen. — Richard Conniff, Smithsonian, "A New Age of Discovery Is Happening Right Now in the Remote Forests of Suriname," 2 May 2017

These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'leishmaniasis.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Keep scrolling for more

Learn More about leishmaniasis

Dictionary Entries near leishmaniasis

Statistics for leishmaniasis

Cite this Entry

“Leishmaniasis.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/leishmaniasis. Accessed 10 Aug. 2020.

Keep scrolling for more

Keep scrolling for more

WORD OF THE DAY

vivacious

Listen to the pronunciation of vivacious

See Definitions and Examples »

Get Word of the Day daily email!

Test Your Vocabulary

Original Meanings Quiz

Which of the following is the earliest known sense of the word awe?

Can you spell these 10 commonly misspelled words?

Test Your Knowledge - and learn some interesting things along the way.