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nosemosis

nosemosis noun: nosema disease (“infectious disease of some insects caused by some microsporidian parasites”).

Noun

nosemosis (uncountable)

  1. nosema disease (“infectious disease of some insects caused by some microsporidian parasites”)
    • George (1971) reported that diets deficient in cholesterol or protein enhanced development of a nosemosis in young red flour beetles, Tribolium castaneum (Herbst).1978, Journal of the Georgia Entomological Society, Athens, GA: Georgia Entomological Society, →ISSN, page 355
  2. (honey bees) nosema disease (“infectious disease of adult honey bees caused by some microsporidian parasites”)
    • Nosema apis are the causative agent of nosema disease (nosemosis) in honeybees (Apis mellifera).2006, Levant Aydin, Ender Gulegen, Ibrahim Cakmak, A. Onur Girisgin, Harrington Wells, “Relation between Nosema and Chalkbrood diseases, and its implication for an apiary management model”, in The...

Synonyms of nosemosis

Origin of nosemosis

From nosem(a) + -osis.

Questions about nosemosis

What does nosemosis mean?
Nosemosis means nosema disease (“infectious disease of some insects caused by some microsporidian parasites”).
What part of speech is nosemosis?
Nosemosis is a noun.

Words near nosemosis in the dictionary

  1. nosema diseases
  2. Nosema-disease
  3. Nosema-diseases
  4. nosematid
  5. nosematids
  6. nosemosis
  7. noseness
  8. nosepicker
  9. nosepickers
  10. nosepiece
  11. nosepieces

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