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myxoboliasis

myxoboliasis noun: infection with parasites (myxozoas) of the genus Myxobolus.

Noun

myxoboliasis (uncountable)

  1. Infection with parasites (myxozoas) of the genus Myxobolus.
    • The cause of well known "Boil disease" (Beulenkrankheit) or Myxoboliasis tuberosa (Hofer) of the barbels in European waters.1920, Rokusaburo Kudo, “Studies on Myxosporidia”, in Illinois Biological Monographs, volume 5, page 134
    • There are four major communicable diseases causing great losses to the freshwater-fish culture industry today: myxoboliasis, myxosomiasis, lerneosis, and a bacterial disease.1983, Fish quarantine and fish diseases in Southeast Asia, UNDP/FAO South China Sea Fisheries Development and Coordinating Program, International Development Research Centre (Canada)

Origin of myxoboliasis

From translingual Myxobolus + -iasis.

Questions about myxoboliasis

What does myxoboliasis mean?
Myxoboliasis means infection with parasites (myxozoas) of the genus Myxobolus.
What part of speech is myxoboliasis?
Myxoboliasis is a noun.

Words near myxoboliasis in the dictionary

  1. myxoamoebas
  2. myxobacteria
  3. myxobacterial
  4. myxobacterially
  5. myxobacterium
  6. myxoboliasis
  7. myxobolid
  8. myxobolids
  9. myxocarpy
  10. myxoccocal
  11. myxochondroepithelioma

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