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caligidosis

caligidosis noun: a disease associated with infection with caligid sea lice.

Noun

caligidosis (uncountable)

  1. A disease associated with infection with caligid sea lice

Origin of caligidosis

From caligid + -osis.

Questions about caligidosis

What does caligidosis mean?
Caligidosis means a disease associated with infection with caligid sea lice.
What part of speech is caligidosis?
Caligidosis is a noun.

Words near caligidosis in the dictionary

  1. caligae
  2. Caligaris
  3. caligate
  4. caligation
  5. caligid
  6. caligidosis
  7. caligids
  8. caligiform
  9. caliginosities
  10. caliginosity
  11. caliginous

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