Definitions for filariasis

filariasis fil·a·ri·a·sis

Spelling: [fil-uh-rahy-uh-sis]
IPA: /ˌfɪl əˈraɪ ə sɪs/

Filariasis is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 232 anagrams from letters in filariasis (aafiiilrss).

Definitions for filariasis

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.

Origin of filariasis

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

Examples for filariasis

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

filariasis: a disease caused by the presence of minute worms or Filaria, transmitted by mosquitoes.

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

It was he who discovered that filariasis is transmissible by this method alone.

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

Word Value for filariasis
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