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Leishmania aethiopica (medicine) and bicycle (iou)


Leishmania aethiopica (medicine)


Leishmania aethiopica


An African species of Leishmania responsible for human cutaneous leishmaniasis in Ethiopia, with a reservoir of human infection in the rock hyraxes, Procavia capensis and Heterohyrax brucei, and in Kenya, with reservoirs in the tree hyrax, Dendrohyrax arboreus, and the giant rat, Cricetomys gambianus; vectors are the sandflies Phlebotomus longpipes and P. Pedifer. It causes a cutaneous leishmaniasis of three types: classical oriental sore, mucocutaneous leishmaniasis, and diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis; ulceration is late or absent and healing takes one to three years.


bicycle (iou)



bicycle noun & verb. M19.
[from BI- + Greek kuklos circle, wheel, CYCLE noun.]
A. noun. A vehicle having two wheels turned by pedalling, typically with handlebars at the front and a seat or saddle for the rider. M19.
Exercise bicycle: see Exercise noun. motor bicycle: see MOTOR noun & adjective. safety bicycle: see SAFETY noun & adjective. stationary bicycle: see STATIONARY adjective.
Comb.: bicycle chain a chain which transmits the driving power from the pedals of a bicycle to its rear wheel (also used as a weapon in street fighting); bicycle clip a clip used to confine a cyclist's trouser-leg at the ankle; bicycle lizard = RACEHORSE lizard; bicycle moto-cross bicycle racing on a dirt track (abbreviation BMX); bicycle pump a portable pump for inflating the tyres of bicycles; bicycle-rickshaw a rickshaw pulled by a person on a bicycle.
b. verb intrans. Ride on a bicycle. M19.
bicycler noun = bicyclist M19.
bicyclist noun a person who rides a bicycle, a cyclist L19.