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Definition of Filaria

1. Noun. European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and Mexico having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender fruits that stick straight up; often grown for forage.

2. Noun. Slender threadlike roundworms living in the blood and tissues of vertebrates; transmitted as larvae by biting insects.

Definition of Filaria

1. n. A genus of slender, nematode worms of many species, parasitic in various animals. See Guinea worm.

Definition of Filaria

1. Noun. A parasitic nematode worm that lives in the blood of vertebrates and is transmitted by insects: the cause of filariasis. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Filaria

1. a parasitic worm [n -IAE] : FILARIAL, FILARIAN [adj]

Medical Definition of Filaria

1. A genus of slender, nematode worms of many species, parasitic in various animals. See: Guinea worm. Origin: NL, fr. L. Filum a thread. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Filaria

filaments filamentum filamin filander filanders filapodial filar filar eyepiece filar micrometer filar micrometre

filar micrometre ocular filar substance filaree filarees filaria (current term) filariae filarial filarial arthritis filarial dermatosis filarial periodicity

filarial synovitis filarian filarias filariases filariasis filaricidal filaricide

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