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filariases

filariases is the plural of filariasis.

Meaning of filariasis

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.

Origin of filariases

filaria + -iases

Questions about filariases

What is filariases the plural of?
Filariases is the plural of filariasis.

Words near filariases in the dictionary

  1. filariads
  2. filariae
  3. filarial
  4. filarian
  5. filarias
  6. filariases
  7. filariasis
  8. filaricidal
  9. filaricide
  10. filaricides
  11. filarid

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Adapted from Wiktionary: filariases (page history and authors); filariasis (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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