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leishmania

Syllabification: (leish·man·i·a)

Pronunciation: /lēSHˈmānēə, -ˈmanēə/

Definition of leishmania

noun (plural same or leishmanias or leishmaniae /-ˈmānē-ē, -ˈman-, -ēˌī/)

a single-celled parasitic protozoan that spends part of its life cycle in the gut of a sandfly and part in the blood and other tissues of a vertebrate.
- Genus Leishmania, phylum Kinetoplastida, kingdom Protista