leishmaniasis, leishmaniosis, kala azar
(noun) sores resulting from a tropical infection by protozoa of the genus Leishmania which are spread by sandflies
Source: WordNet® 3.1
leishmaniasis (plural leishmaniases)
(pathology) Any of various ulcerative skin diseases caused by any of the protozoans of the genus Leishmania, transmitted to humans and animals by bloodsucking sandflies.
• Black Fever
• Dum-Dum fever
• kala-azar
• leishmaniosis
• sandfly disease
Source: Wiktionary
9 May 2025
(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
