leishmania
/liːʃˈmeɪnɪə/noun
(复同单或 leishmanias 或 leishmaniae /-ˈmeɪnɪaɪ/)
1- a single-celled parasitic protozoan which spends part of its life cycle in the gut of a sandfly and part in the blood and other tissues of a vertebrate利什曼虫。
1.1
- Genus Leishmania, phylum Kinetoplastida, kingdom Protista.利什曼虫属, 动基体门, 原生生物界。
词源
modern Latin， from the name of William B. Leishman （1856-1926）， British pathologist.