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anisakiasis

anisakiasis noun: the disease caused by infection with Anisakis worms (usually through eating raw fish), characterised by violent abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting.

Noun

anisakiasis (uncountable)

  1. The disease caused by infection with Anisakis worms (usually through eating raw fish), characterised by violent abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting.

Origin of anisakiasis

From taxonomic name Anisakis + -iasis.

Words that rhyme with anisakiasis

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Questions about anisakiasis

What does anisakiasis mean?
Anisakiasis means the disease caused by infection with Anisakis worms (usually through eating raw fish), characterised by violent abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting.
What part of speech is anisakiasis?
Anisakiasis is a noun.

Words near anisakiasis in the dictionary

  1. anirolac
  2. Aniruddh
  3. Aniruddha
  4. Anirvan
  5. anis
  6. anisakiasis
  7. anisakid
  8. anisakidosis
  9. anisakids
  10. anisaldehyde
  11. anisate

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