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myasis

American  
[mahy-uh-sis] / ˈmaɪ ə sɪs /

noun

Pathology, Veterinary Pathology.

plural

myases

  1. myiasis.

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It would be banal to recall that phthiriasis is caused by lice, and that certain larvae of Diptera, such as the cestrids, may occasion the disease called myasis.

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