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thelaziasis

thelaziasis noun: infection with parasitic nematodes of the genus Thelazia.

Noun

thelaziasis (uncountable)

  1. Infection with parasitic nematodes of the genus Thelazia.
    • Thelaziasis in man1917 September, R. T. Leiper, “Thelaziasis in man: A summary of recent reports on "Circumocular filariasis" in Chinese literature, with a note on the zoological position of the parasite”, in The...
    • Reports of human thelaziasis are increasing recently because of environmental and social factors (Lee et al., 1986).1989, Korean journal of parasitology, volume 28, page 222

Forms of thelaziasis

alternative formthelaziosis

Origin of thelaziasis

From translingual Thelazia + -iasis.

Questions about thelaziasis

What does thelaziasis mean?
Thelaziasis means infection with parasitic nematodes of the genus Thelazia.
What part of speech is thelaziasis?
Thelaziasis is a noun.

Words near thelaziasis in the dictionary

  1. thelarchal
  2. thelarche
  3. thelarcheal
  4. thelastomatid
  5. thelastomatids
  6. thelaziasis
  7. thelaziid
  8. thelaziids
  9. thelaziosis
  10. Thelbert
  11. Thelbridge

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