filariasis

Meaning

Noun

• 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.

Related

Narrower meaning words

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

Broader meaning words

• helminthiasis

Origin

• filaria + -iasis