filariasis
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aɪəsɪs
Noun
filariasis (countable and uncountable, plural filariases)
- Any disease common in tropical and subtropical countries resulting from infestation of the lymphatic system with nematode worms of the superfamily Filarioidea, transmitted by mosquitoes: characterised by inflammation.
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
- lymphatic filariasis caused by Wuchereria bancrofti (Bancroftian filariasis), Brugia malayi, and Brugia timori.
- subcutaneous filariasis caused by Loa loa (eye worm, Loa loa filariasis), Mansonella streptocerca, and Onchocerca volvulus (river blindness)
- serous cavity filariasis caused by Mansonella perstans and Mansonella ozzardi
Translations
disease transmitted by insects
See also
Further reading
- filariasis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Indonesian
Etymology
Internationalism.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /filariˈasis/ [fi.la.riˈa.sɪs]
- Rhymes: -asis
- Syllabification: fi‧la‧ri‧a‧sis
Noun
filariasis (uncountable)
- (pathology) filariasis (a type of infection caused by nematode worms)
Related terms
Further reading
- “filariasis” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /filaˈɾjasis/ [fi.laˈɾja.sis]
- Rhymes: -asis
- Syllabification: fi‧la‧ria‧sis
Noun
filariasis f (uncountable)
Further reading
- “filariasis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024