A form of leishmaniasis, a tropical disease caused by parasitic protozoans, characterized by disfiguring skin lesions, particularly in Central and South America.
From Spanish espundia, itself from Quechua (native Andean language) origin, reflecting the disease's prevalence in South America where it was first documented.
Espundia is a Spanish word for a parasitic disease that shows how medical terminology travels—Spanish colonizers encountered this Quechua disease and borrowed its indigenous name, which we still use today!
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