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histomoniasis

histomoniasis noun: a disease of birds, particularly chickens and turkeys, caused by parasitic infection with a protozoan, Histomonas meleagridis.

Noun

histomoniasis (uncountable)

  1. A disease of birds, particularly chickens and turkeys, caused by parasitic infection with a protozoan, Histomonas meleagridis.
    Synonyms:
    histomonosis

Synonyms of histomoniasis

Origin of histomoniasis

Histomonas + -iasis

Questions about histomoniasis

What does histomoniasis mean?
Histomoniasis means a disease of birds, particularly chickens and turkeys, caused by parasitic infection with a protozoan, Histomonas meleagridis.
What part of speech is histomoniasis?
Histomoniasis is a noun.

Words near histomoniasis in the dictionary

  1. histomicrotomes
  2. histomolecular
  3. histomonad
  4. histomonads
  5. histomonal
  6. histomoniasis
  7. histomonosis
  8. histomophometric
  9. histomophometry
  10. histomorphic
  11. histomorphologic

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