filariasis

[ fil-uh-rahy-uh-sis ]

noun

1. infection by filarial worms in the blood and lymph channels, lymph glands, and other tissues, the various species causing skin swellings, blindness, or elephantiasis if untreated.

filariasis

/ ˌfɪləˈraɪəsɪs; fɪˌlɛərɪˈeɪsɪs /

noun

1. a disease common in tropical and subtropical countries resulting from infestation of the lymphatic system with the nematode worms Wuchereria bancrofti or Brugia malayi , transmitted by mosquitoes: characterized by inflammation and obstruction of the lymphatic vessels See also elephantiasis

filariasis

/ fĭl′ə-rī′ə-sĭs /

1. Any of various infections, often of the skin, eyes, and lymph nodes, caused by infestation of tissue with filariae.

Word History and Origins

Origin of filariasis¹

First recorded in 1875–80; filar(ia) + -iasis

Word History and Origins

Origin of filariasis¹

C19: from New Latin; see filaria

Example Sentences

It is fairly constant in trichinosis, uncinariasis, filariasis, and echinococcus disease.

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He's got a new disease called filariasis, a sort of low fever that he picked up in the Cubapines or Porsslania.

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It is not necessary here to describe the loathsome deformities which occur in the later stages of filariasis.

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Neither does anybody doubt, that the keeping down of this mosquito would keep down filariasis.

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But filariasis is terribly common, and so is Culex fatigans.

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