filariasis
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English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aɪəsɪs
Noun
filariasis (countable and uncountable, plural filariases)
- Any disease common in tropical and subtropical countries resulting from infestation of the lymphatic system with nematode worms of the superfamily Filarioidea, transmitted by mosquitoes: characterised by inflammation.
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
- lymphatic filariasis caused by Wuchereria bancrofti (Bancroftian filariasis), Brugia malayi, and Brugia timori.
- subcutaneous filariasis caused by Loa loa (eye worm, Loa loa filariasis), Mansonella streptocerca, and Onchocerca volvulus (river blindness)
- serous cavity filariasis caused by Mansonella perstans and Mansonella ozzardi
Translations
disease transmitted by insects
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See also
Further reading
filariasis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Indonesian
Noun
filariasis (first-person possessive filariasisku, second-person possessive filariasismu, third-person possessive filariasisnya)
Spanish
Noun
filariasis f (uncountable)
Further reading
- “filariasis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16