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xenodiagnosis

xenodiagnosis noun: the diagnosis of an infectious disease (especially of trypanosomiasis) by exposure to a vector of that disease, incubating the vector and examining it for the presence of the disease.

Noun

xenodiagnosis (countable and uncountable, plural xenodiagnoses)

  1. The diagnosis of an infectious disease (especially of trypanosomiasis) by exposure to a vector of that disease, incubating the vector and examining it for the presence of the disease.

Forms of xenodiagnosis

pluralxenodiagnoses

Origin of xenodiagnosis

From xeno- + diagnosis.

Questions about xenodiagnosis

What does xenodiagnosis mean?
Xenodiagnosis means the diagnosis of an infectious disease (especially of trypanosomiasis) by exposure to a vector of that disease, incubating the vector and examining it for the presence of the disease.
What part of speech is xenodiagnosis?
Xenodiagnosis is a noun.
What is the plural of xenodiagnosis?
The plural of xenodiagnosis is xenodiagnoses.

Words near xenodiagnosis in the dictionary

  1. xenodermatid
  2. xenodermatids
  3. xenodermid
  4. xenodermids
  5. xenodiagnoses
  6. xenodiagnosis
  7. xenodiagnostic
  8. xenodiscid
  9. xenodiscids
  10. xenodiversity
  11. xenodochea

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