filariasis

filaria +‎ -iasis

• Rhymes: -aɪəsɪs

filariasis (countable and uncountable, plural filariases)

1. Any disease common in tropical and subtropical countries resulting from infestation of the lymphatic system with nematode worms of the superfamily Filarioidea, transmitted by mosquitoes: characterised by inflammation.

• helminthiasis

• lymphatic filariasis caused by Wuchereria bancrofti (Bancroftian filariasis), Brugia malayi, and Brugia timori.
• subcutaneous filariasis caused by Loa loa (eye worm, Loa loa filariasis), Mansonella streptocerca, and Onchocerca volvulus (river blindness)
• serous cavity filariasis caused by Mansonella perstans and Mansonella ozzardi

• elephantiasis

• filariasis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

filariasis (first-person possessive filariasisku, second-person possessive filariasismu, third-person possessive filariasisnya)

1. filariasis

filariasis f (uncountable)

1. filariasis

• “filariasis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014