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gnathostomiasis

gnathostomiasis noun: human infection by the nematode Gnathostoma hispidum and/or Gnathastoma spinigerum.

Noun

gnathostomiasis (uncountable)

  1. human infection by the nematode Gnathostoma hispidum and/or Gnathastoma spinigerum

Origin of gnathostomiasis

From translingual Gnathostoma + -osis.

Questions about gnathostomiasis

What does gnathostomiasis mean?
Gnathostomiasis means human infection by the nematode Gnathostoma hispidum and/or Gnathastoma spinigerum.
What part of speech is gnathostomiasis?
Gnathostomiasis is a noun.

Words near gnathostomiasis in the dictionary

  1. gnathostegite
  2. gnathostegites
  3. gnathostomatous
  4. gnathostome
  5. gnathostomes
  6. gnathostomiasis
  7. gnathostomosis
  8. gnathostomulid
  9. gnathostomulids
  10. gnathotheca
  11. gnathothecal

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