amastigote
(redirected from Axenic amastigotes)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.
Synonym(s): amastigote, L-D body
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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.
Synonym(s): amastigote.
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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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