oxyuriasis

[ ok-see-yoo-rahy-uh-sis ]

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noun

, Pathology.

human infection with pinworms.

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Word History and Origins

1905–10; < New Latin Oxyur ( is ) genus name of pinworms (equivalent to oxy- oxy- ¹ + Greek our ( á ) tail + New Latin -is noun ending) + -iasis

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