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paragonimiasis

paragonimiasis noun: a food-borne parasitic infection caused by the lung fluke, most commonly Paragonimus westermani, in humans usually spread by ingestion of raw or undercooked freshwater crabs or crayfishes.

Noun

paragonimiasis (countable and uncountable, plural paragonimiases)

  1. A food-borne parasitic infection caused by the lung fluke, most commonly Paragonimus westermani, in humans usually spread by ingestion of raw or undercooked freshwater crabs or crayfishes.

Forms of paragonimiasis

pluralparagonimiases

Origin of paragonimiasis

Paragonimus + -iasis

Questions about paragonimiasis

What does paragonimiasis mean?
Paragonimiasis means a food-borne parasitic infection caused by the lung fluke, most commonly Paragonimus westermani, in humans usually spread by ingestion of raw or undercooked freshwater crabs or crayfishes.
What part of speech is paragonimiasis?
Paragonimiasis is a noun.
What is the plural of paragonimiasis?
The plural of paragonimiasis is paragonimiases.

Words near paragonimiasis in the dictionary

  1. paragogues
  2. paragogy
  3. paragon
  4. paragoned
  5. paragonimiases
  6. paragonimiasis
  7. paragoning
  8. paragonite
  9. paragonites
  10. paragonitic
  11. paragonize

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