noun
- Plural of leishmania; parasitic protozoans of the genus Leishmania that cause leishmaniasis in humans and animals.
Usage: medical/scientific term; typically used in plural form when referring to multiple organisms or species
Examples
- Leishmanias are transmitted to humans through the bite of infected sand flies.
- Different species of leishmanias cause different forms of the disease.
- The laboratory identified several leishmanias in the patient's tissue samples.
- Researchers study leishmanias to develop better treatments for leishmaniasis.
- Leishmanias can survive in macrophages, making the infection difficult to treat.