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strongyloidiasis

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • rhymes with -aɪəsɪs

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noun

Meaning 1

infection by roundworms of the superfamily Strongyloidea

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

Examples

  • 2012, Cary Engleberg, Chapter 54: Intestinal Heminths, N. Cary Engleberg, Victor DiRita, Terence S. Dermody, Schaechter's Mechanisms of Microbial Disease, 5th Edition, page 537, As a result, strongyloidiasis can produce acute clinical syndromes (such as peritonitis) or mimic chronic abdominal problems such as peptic ulcer or gallbladder disease.

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From strongyloid + -iasis.