ascariasis

English

Etymology

Ascaris +‎ -iasis

Noun

ascariasis (countable and uncountable, plural ascariases)

A disease of humans caused by the parasitic roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides in humans and by other species of Ascaris in other mammals.

Translations

a disease of humans caused by the parasitic roundworms Ascaris

Portuguese: ascaridíase f, ascaríase f

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