filariasis

[ fil-uh-rahy-uh-sis ]

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noun

infection by filarial worms in the blood and lymph channels, lymph glands, and other tissues, the various species causing skin swellings, blindness, or elephantiasis if untreated.

filariasis

/ fɪˌlɛərɪˈeɪsɪs; ˌfɪləˈraɪəsɪs /

See elephantiasis
a disease common in tropical and subtropical countries resulting from infestation of the lymphatic system with the nematode worms Wuchereria bancrofti or Brugia malayi , transmitted by mosquitoes: characterized by inflammation and obstruction of the lymphatic vessels See also elephantiasis

filariasis

/ fĭl′ə-rī′ə-sĭs /

Any of various infections, often of the skin, eyes, and lymph nodes, caused by infestation of tissue with filariae.

First recorded in 1875–80; filar(ia) + -iasis

C19: from New Latin; see filaria

It is fairly constant in trichinosis, uncinariasis, filariasis, and echinococcus disease.

He's got a new disease called filariasis, a sort of low fever that he picked up in the Cubapines or Porsslania.

It is not necessary here to describe the loathsome deformities which occur in the later stages of filariasis.

Neither does anybody doubt, that the keeping down of this mosquito would keep down filariasis.

But filariasis is terribly common, and so is Culex fatigans.

April 17, 2024axolotl

[ak-suh-lot-l ]

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