filariasis
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -aɪəsɪs
Noun
[edit]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
[edit]Hyponyms
[edit]- 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
[edit]disease transmitted by insects
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See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- filariasis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Indonesian
[edit]Noun
[edit]filariasis (plural filariasis-filariasis)
Spanish
[edit]Noun
[edit]filariasis f (uncountable)
Further reading
[edit]- “filariasis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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