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hirudiniasis

hirudiniasis noun: infestation by leeches.

Noun

hirudiniasis (uncountable)

  1. infestation by leeches

Origin of hirudiniasis

From hirudine + -iasis.

Questions about hirudiniasis

What does hirudiniasis mean?
Hirudiniasis means infestation by leeches.
What part of speech is hirudiniasis?
Hirudiniasis is a noun.

Words near hirudiniasis in the dictionary

  1. hirudin
  2. hirudinal
  3. hirudine
  4. hirudinean
  5. hirudineans
  6. hirudiniasis
  7. hirudiniculture
  8. hirudinin
  9. hirudinised
  10. hirudinization
  11. hirudinize

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