filariasis

English

Etymology

filaria +‎ -iasis

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪəsɪs

Noun

filariasis (countable and uncountable, plural filariases)

1. 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

• helminthiasis

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

• Finnish: filariaasi
• Greek: νηματίαση (el) f (nimatíasi)
• Maori: mate pārūrū
• Portuguese: filariose (pt) f

See also

• elephantiasis

Further reading

• filariasis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Indonesian

Noun

filariasis (first-person possessive filariasisku, second-person possessive filariasismu, third-person possessive filariasisnya)

1. filariasis

Spanish

Noun

filariasis f (uncountable)

1. filariasis

Further reading

• “filariasis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014