genus leishmania

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   flagellate protozoan that causes leishmaniasis

   SynonymsLeishmania

   Broaderflagellate

Questions about genus leishmania

What does genus leishmania mean?

genus leishmania means "flagellate protozoan that causes leishmaniasis".

What is another word for genus leishmania?

Close synonyms include Leishmania. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus leishmania a common word?

genus leishmania is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.