noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/fəˌsi əˈlaɪ ə sɪs
-ˌsaɪ-/
1
noun
Meaning 1
infestation with liver flukes (of genus Fasciola)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
infestation with the liver fluke Fasciola hepatica; liver damage sometimes occurs; related to liver rot
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fasciolosis
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: infestation
History
Etymology
From Fasciola + -iasis (“denoting disease”).
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Dutch:
leverbotziekte
— infestation with liver flukes
Dutch:
distomatose
— infestation with liver flukes
Dutch:
ongans
— infestation with liver flukes
Hungarian:
májmételykór
— infestation with liver flukes
Japanese:
肝蛭症
(kantetsushō)
— infestation with liver flukes
Polish:
motylica
— infestation with liver flukes
Polish:
fascjoloza
— infestation with liver flukes
Portuguese:
fasciolose
— infestation with liver flukes
Portuguese:
fasciolíase
— infestation with liver flukes