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filariasis

[ fil-uh-rahy-uh-sis ]

noun

  1. infection by filarial worms in the blood and lymph channels, lymph glands, and other tissues, the various species causing skin swellings, blindness, or elephantiasis if untreated.


filariasis

/ ˌfɪləˈraɪəsɪs; fɪˌlɛərɪˈeɪsɪs /

noun

  1. a disease common in tropical and subtropical countries resulting from infestation of the lymphatic system with the nematode worms Wuchereria bancrofti or Brugia malayi , transmitted by mosquitoes: characterized by inflammation and obstruction of the lymphatic vessels See also elephantiasis
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


filariasis

/ fĭl′ə-rīə-sĭs /

  1. Any of various infections, often of the skin, eyes, and lymph nodes, caused by infestation of tissue with filariae.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of filariasis1

First recorded in 1875–80; filar(ia) + -iasis
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Word History and Origins

Origin of filariasis1

C19: from New Latin; see filaria
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Example Sentences

It is fairly constant in trichinosis, uncinariasis, filariasis, and echinococcus disease.

He's got a new disease called filariasis, a sort of low fever that he picked up in the Cubapines or Porsslania.

It is not necessary here to describe the loathsome deformities which occur in the later stages of filariasis.

Neither does anybody doubt, that the keeping down of this mosquito would keep down filariasis.

But filariasis is terribly common, and so is Culex fatigans.

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