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fas⋅ci⋅o⋅lop⋅si⋅a⋅sis

  [fas-ee-oh-lop-sahy-uh-sis, fuh-see-uh-, -sahy-]
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a parasitic disease caused by flukes of the genus Fasciolopsis and characterized by abdominal pain and diarrhea: common in the Far East.
Origin:
1885–90; < NL Fasciolops(is) genus name (equiv. to L fasciol(a) band, ribbon (dim. of fascia bandage) + -opsis -opsis ) + -iasis
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Main Entry: fas·ci·o·lop·si·a·sis
Pronunciation: -"läp-'sI-&-s&s
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural fas·ci·o·lop·si·a·ses /-"sEz/
: infestation with or disease caused by a large intestinal fluke of the genus Fasciolopsis(F. buski)
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fasciolopsiasis fas·ci·o·lop·si·a·sis (fās'ē-ō-lŏp-sī'ə-sĭs, fə-sī'ō-)
n.
Parasitization or disease caused by any of the flukes of the genus Fasciolopsis.

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