fasciolopsiasis

[fas-ee-oh-lop-sahy-uh-sis, fuh-see-uh-, -sahy-]

noun

a parasitic disease caused by flukes of the genus Fasciolopsis and characterized by abdominal pain and diarrhea: common in the Far East.

Origin of fasciolopsiasis

1885–90; < New Latin Fasciolops(is) genus name (equivalent to Latin fasciol(a) band, ribbon (diminutive of fascia bandage) + -opsis -opsis) + -iasis

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fasciolopsiasis in Medicine

(făs′ē-ō-lŏp-sī′ə-sĭs, fə-sī′ō-)

Parasitization or disease caused by any of the flukes of the genus Fasciolopsis.