- filariasis by Madelyn Walters
... medicine) A disease due to the presence of hairlike nematodes (filariae) in humans, including Wuchereria bancrofti, W. Pacifica, and Onchocerca volvulus.
- Filaria by Colin Barker
Pl. filariae Etymology: L, filum, thread. A genus of slender nematodes of the superfamily Filarioidea. There are many species, some of which are parasitic in animals.
- Filariasis by Webster's
... n.) The presence of filariae in the blood; infection with filariae.
- filariform by Summer Bates
Resembling filariae; threadlike.
- Filaria by Karen Hanson
... . Includes F. Haemorrhagica. (syn. Parafilaria multipapillosa. ), F. Taxidea. Filaria taxidea. a nematode worm reputed to cause filarial dermatitis in the badger.filaria. Pl. filariae (latin) a nematode of the superfamily Filarioididea.