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strongylosis

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

noun

Veterinary Pathology.

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

Etymology

Origin of strongylosis

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

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