See Also: Leishman(dictionary)
Leishman's stain(medicine)
Leishman, Sir William(medicine)
Leishman stain(medicine)
Leishman's chrome cells(medicine)
Leishman-Donovan bodies(medicine)
Leishman-Donovan body(medicine)

Leishman (iou)



Leishman noun. E20.
[W. B. Leishman (1865-1926), Brit. pathologist.]
Medicine.
Leishman body, Leishman's body, an ovoid structure consisting of a single non-flagellated leishmania found in the macrophages of people with leishmaniasis. Also Leishman-Donovan body. E20.
Leishman stain, Leishman's stain, a mixture of eosin and methylene blue used to stain blood smears. E20.