brachylaimiasis

English

Etymology

From Brachylaima +‎ -iasis.

Noun

brachylaimiasis (uncountable)

  1. (pathology) Infection by trematode worms of genus Brachylaima.
    • 2004 December 23, David M. Spratt, “Australian ecosystems, capricious food chains and parasitic consequences for people”, in International Journal for Parasitology, volume 35, issue 7 (June 2005), Elsevier (2005), page 717:
      Zoonotic trematode (brachylaimiasis) and cestode (rodentoleposis) infections have been reported from semi-arid environments.

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