| filariasis | <dermatology, infectious disease, zoology> A disease caused by the parasitic nematode worm Wuchereria bancrofti or Brugia malayi. The parasite blocks the lymphatic system and causes lymphatic oedema, resulting in the swelling and thickening of skin tissues and the tissues immediately below the skin. The disease most commonly occurs in tropical regions and is spread by bloodsucking insects (which carry the larval worms). (09 Oct 1997) |
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| filaricidal | Fatal to filariae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| filaricide | An agent that kills filariae. Origin: filaria + L. Caedo, to kill (05 Mar 2000) |
| filaricides | Pharmacological agents destructive to nematodes in the superfamily filarioidea. (12 Dec 1998) |
| filariform | 1. Resembling filariae or other types of small nematode worms. See: filariform larva. 2. Thin or hairlike. (05 Mar 2000) |
| filariform larva | Infective third-stage larva of the hookworm, Ascaris, and other nematodes with penetrating larvae or with larvae that migrate through the body to reach the intestine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Filariicae | A superfamily of nematodes of the suborder spirurina. Its organisms possess a filiform body and a mouth surrounded by papillae. (12 Dec 1998) |
| filarioidea | A superfamily of nematodes of the suborder spirurina. Its organisms possess a filiform body and a mouth surrounded by papillae. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Filaroides | A genus of nematode parasites occurring in the lungs, bronchi, and trachea of dogs. Filaroides osleri is a small, widely distributed species that causes a chronic disease of dogs, manifested by small (usually less than 1 cm in diameter), gray-white or pink nodules; the most marked symptom is a harsh cough. (05 Mar 2000) |
| filar m. |
an eyepiece micrometer in which the micrometer screw acts upon a slide carrying a movable wire: one revolution of the screw moves the wire 1 mm across the field.
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| filariae |
plural of filaria.
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| filarial d. |
1. stephanofilariasis. 2. elaeophoriasis.
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| filarial h. |
tropical pulmonary eosinophilia.
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| filarial o. |
that caused by the lymphatic obstruction of filariasis; see also elephantiasis scroti.
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