fascioliasis

English

hypertrophy of bile ducts in liver caused by Fasciola hepatica (liver section of an infested goat)

Etymology

From Fasciola +‎ -iasis (“denoting disease”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fəˌsi əˈlaɪ ə sɪs, -ˌsaɪ-/

Noun

fascioliasis (countable and uncountable, plural fascioliases)

(pathology) infestation with liver flukes (of genus Fasciola)

Synonyms

fasciolosis, fasciolasis, distomatosis, liver rot

Translations

infestation with liver flukes

Dutch: leverbotziekte f, distomatose f, ongans (nl) n
Hungarian: májmételykór

Japanese: 肝蛭症 (かんてつしょう, kantetsushō)
Portuguese: fasciolose f, fasciolíase f

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