Leish·man-Don·o·van bod·y
(līsh'măn don'ŏ-văn), the intracytoplasmic, nonflagellated leishmanial form of certain intracellular parasites, such as species of Leishmania or the intracellular form of Trypanosoma cruzi; originally used for Leishmania donovani parasites in infected spleen or liver cells in kala azar.
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Leish·man-Don·o·van bod·y
(lēsh'măn don'ŏ-văn bod'ē) The intracytoplasmic, nonflagellated leishmanial form of certain intracellular parasites, such as species of Leishmania or the intracellular form of Trypanosoma cruzi.
Synonym(s):
amastigote.
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Leishman-Donovan body
A body of a (trypanosomatid) protozoa at a particular and characteristic stage in its life cycle; the infectious (trypanosomatid) protozoa can cause leishmaniasis, and is relatively easy to identify at that stage.
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Donovan,
Charles, English surgeon, 1863-1951. Donovan bodies - clusters of blue or black staining, bipolar chromatin condensations in large mononuclear cells in granulation tissue infected with Calymmatobacterium granulomatis.
Leishman-Donovan body - see under
Leishman
Leishman,
Sir William Boog, Scottish surgeon, 1865-1926. Leishmania - a genus of digenetic, asexual, protozoan flagellates.
Leishman chrome cells - basophilic granular leukocytes (basophils) observed in the circulating blood of some persons with blackwater fever.
Leishman stain - a polychromed eosin-methylene blue stain used in the examination of blood films.
Leishman-Donovan body - the intracytoplasmic, nonflagellated leishmanial form of certain intracellular parasites. Synonym(s):
amastigote;
L-D body leishmaniasis - tropical disease that is spread by sandflies.
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