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Filarial

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Adjective

1. filarial

related to or infested with or transmitting parasitic worms especially filaria

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Filarial

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noun plural -iae (-ɪˌiː)
any parasitic nematode worm of the family Filariidae, living in the blood and tissues of vertebrates and transmitted by insects: the cause of filariasis

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Filarial

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nounWord forms: plural fiˈlariˌae (fɪˈlɛriˌi ; filerˈēēˌ)
any of a superfamily (Filarioidea) of threadlike, parasitic nematode worms that live in the blood and tissues of vertebrate animals: they are carried and transmitted by mosquitoes and other invertebrates

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Filarial

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n. pl. fi·lar·i·ae (-ē-ē′)
Any of various slender, threadlike nematode worms of the superfamily Filarioidea that are parasitic in vertebrates and are often transmitted as larvae by mosquitoes and other biting insects. Infestation with different species of filariae cause diseases such as lymphatic filariasis (which can lead to elephantiasis) and onchocerciasis.

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