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nosema disease

nosema disease noun: an infectious disease of some insects caused by some microsporidian parasites of the genus Nosema.

Noun (1)

nosema disease (usually uncountable, plural nosema diseases)

  1. (usually) An infectious disease of some insects caused by some microsporidian parasites of the genus Nosema.
  2. (usually, honey bees) An infectious disease of adult honey bees caused by microsporidian parasites, such as Nosema apis and Nosema ceranae.
    • Nosema Disease of the Honeybee¶ (Microsporidiosis, or Nosemosis, of the Honeybee)¶ Nosema disease of the honeybee, Apis mellifera Linn., is caused by Nosema apis Zander, a microsporidian parasite of the intestinal epithelium of adult bees.1949, Edward A. Steinhaus, Principles of insect pathology, New York: McGraw-Hill, →OCLC, page 602

Noun (2) capitalized: Nosema disease

Nosema disease (usually uncountable, plural Nosema diseases)

  1. (usually) Alternative letter-case form of nosema disease (“infectious disease of some insects caused by some microsporidian parasites”).
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:Nosema disease.

Synonyms of nosema disease

Forms of nosema disease

pluralnosema diseases
alternative formNosema-disease
alternative formNosema disease
pluralNosema diseases

Origin of nosema disease

1909, translingual Nosema (“a taxonomic genus within the family Nosematidae”) + disease; a calque of German Nosemaseuche, coined from Nosema + Seuche (“epidemic, pestilence”).

Questions about nosema disease

What does nosema disease mean?
Nosema disease means an infectious disease of some insects caused by some microsporidian parasites of the genus Nosema.
What part of speech is nosema disease?
Nosema disease is a noun.
What is the plural of nosema disease?
The plural of nosema disease is nosema diseases.

Words near nosema disease in the dictionary

  1. noselite
  2. noselites
  3. nosels
  4. nosely
  5. nosema
  6. nosema disease
  7. nosema diseases
  8. Nosema-disease
  9. Nosema-diseases
  10. nosematid
  11. nosematids

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