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filariosis

filariosis is the misspelling 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.

Questions about filariosis

What is filariosis the misspelling of?
Filariosis is the misspelling of filariasis.

Words near filariosis in the dictionary

  1. filariform
  2. filariid
  3. filariids
  4. filarioid
  5. filarioids
  6. filariosis
  7. filarious
  8. filaroid
  9. filasporean
  10. filasporeans
  11. filasse

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Adapted from Wiktionary: filariosis (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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