myiasis

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μυῖα (muîa, “fly”) + -iasis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maɪ.ˈaɪ.ə.sɪs/

Noun

myiasis (countable and uncountable, plural myiases)

1. (medicine) The infestation of a living vertebrate by maggots.

   Synonym: flystrike

Derived terms

• ophthalmomyiasis

Related terms

• myiatic
• myiasitic

Translations

infestation of a living vertebrate with maggots

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蠅蛆症／蝇蛆症

• French: myiase (fr) f
• German: Myiasis (de) f
• Korean: 승저증 (seungjeojeung)
• Portuguese: miíase f
• Romanian: miază (ro) f
• Spanish: miasis (es) m
• Turkish: miyaz (tr)

See also

• myiasis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia