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ascariasis

ascariasis noun: a disease of humans caused by the parasitic roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides in humans and by other species of Ascaris in other mammals.

Noun

ascariasis (countable and uncountable, plural ascariases)

  1. A disease of humans caused by the parasitic roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides in humans and by other species of Ascaris in other mammals.

ascariasis meaning in Tamil

ascariasis in Tamil

அககாரியாசியம், உருளைப் புழுநோய்

Forms of ascariasis

pluralascariases

Origin of ascariasis

From ascar- + -iasis.

Words that rhyme with ascariasis

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Questions about ascariasis

What does ascariasis mean?
Ascariasis means a disease of humans caused by the parasitic roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides in humans and by other species of Ascaris in other mammals.
What is ascariasis in Tamil?
Ascariasis in Tamil is அககாரியாசியம், உருளைப் புழுநோய். See Ascariasis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ascariasis?
Ascariasis is a noun.
What is the plural of ascariasis?
The plural of ascariasis is ascariases.

Words near ascariasis in the dictionary

  1. ascar
  2. ascar-
  3. ascared
  4. Ascari
  5. ascariases
  6. ascariasis
  7. ascaricidal
  8. ascaricide
  9. ascaricides
  10. ascarid
  11. ascarides

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