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brachylaimiasis

brachylaimiasis noun: infection by trematode worms of genus Brachylaima.

Noun

brachylaimiasis (uncountable)

  1. Infection by trematode worms of genus Brachylaima.
    • Zoonotic trematode (brachylaimiasis) and cestode (rodentoleposis) infections have been reported from semi-arid environments.2004 December 23, David M. Spratt, “Australian ecosystems, capricious food chains and parasitic consequences for people”, in International Journal for Parasitology, volume 35, issue 7 (June 2005)...

Origin of brachylaimiasis

From Brachylaima + -iasis.

Questions about brachylaimiasis

What does brachylaimiasis mean?
Brachylaimiasis means infection by trematode worms of genus Brachylaima.
What part of speech is brachylaimiasis?
Brachylaimiasis is a noun.

Words near brachylaimiasis in the dictionary

  1. brachygraphical
  2. brachygraphies
  3. brachygraphy
  4. brachyiliac
  5. brachykephalic
  6. brachylaimiasis
  7. brachylaimid
  8. brachylaimids
  9. brachylogy
  10. brachylophosaurin
  11. brachylophosaurins

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