strongylosis

[ stron-juh-loh-sis ]
/ ˌstrɒn dʒəˈloʊ sɪs /

noun Veterinary Pathology.

a disease, especially of horses, caused by an infestation by strongyles and characterized in serious cases by weakness and anemia.

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Origin of strongylosis

1910–15; < New Latin, equivalent to Strongyl(us) strongyle + -ōsis -osis

Words nearby strongylosis

strongroom, strongsville, strongyle, strongyloides, strongyloidiasis, strongylosis, strontia, strontian, strontianite, strontium, strontium 90
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