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saprolegniasis

saprolegniasis noun: a disease caused by the Saprolegnia fungus.

Noun

saprolegniasis (uncountable)

  1. A disease caused by the Saprolegnia fungus.

Origin of saprolegniasis

Saprolegnia + -iasis

Questions about saprolegniasis

What does saprolegniasis mean?
Saprolegniasis means a disease caused by the Saprolegnia fungus.
What part of speech is saprolegniasis?
Saprolegniasis is a noun.

Words near saprolegniasis in the dictionary

  1. saprol
  2. saprolegnia
  3. saprolegniaceous
  4. saprolegnian
  5. saprolegnians
  6. saprolegniasis
  7. saprolegniosis
  8. saprolegnious
  9. saprolegnoid
  10. saprolignicolous
  11. saprolite

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