filaria
noun
any small, threadlike roundworm of the family Filariidae and related families, carried as a larva by mosquitoes and parasitic when adult in the blood or tissues of vertebrates.
filariae
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pluralof filaria.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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For some unknown reason the filariae rarely appear in the circulating blood except between the hours of 9 p.m. and 2 a.m.
From Time Magazine Archive
The filariae, which are carried by coffee flies, sometimes produce bright green nodules as large as walnuts on the scalp; these fibrous nodes must be dug out by surgery.
From Time Magazine Archive
Though the drug did not kill all the mother filariae in the glands, Dr. Brown thinks that repeated treatments, killing their offspring, may dispose of the mothers, too.
From Time Magazine Archive
A large number of embryonic filariae are produced.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various
