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toxocariasis

toxocariasis noun: a zoonotic, helminthic infection of humans caused by roundworms of the genus Toxocara.

toxocariasis: a zoonotic, helminthic infection of humans caused by roundworms of the genus Toxocara
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Noun

toxocariasis (uncountable)

  1. A zoonotic, helminthic infection of humans caused by roundworms of the genus Toxocara.

Origin of toxocariasis

Toxocara + -iasis

Words formed from toxocariasis

Words that rhyme with toxocariasis

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Questions about toxocariasis

What does toxocariasis mean?
Toxocariasis means a zoonotic, helminthic infection of humans caused by roundworms of the genus Toxocara.
What part of speech is toxocariasis?
Toxocariasis is a noun.

Words near toxocariasis in the dictionary

  1. toxitabellae
  2. toxity
  3. toxo
  4. toxo-
  5. toxocaral
  6. toxocariasis
  7. toxocarid
  8. toxocarids
  9. toxocarosis
  10. toxochelyid
  11. toxochelyids

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