Crossword-Solution: FILARIA
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Filaria | n. | A genus of slender, nematode worms of many species, parasitic in various animals. See Guinea worm. |
We have 7 clues for the answer “FILARIA”
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| type of parasitic nematode worm | 1 answer |
| genus animal life worms | 2 answers |
| worms genus animal life | 2 answers |
| nematode worm | 2 answers |
| parasitic nematode worm | 2 answers |
| threadworm | 3 answers |
| guinea worm | 4 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
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Sentences with FILARIA (5)
Although elephantiasis is met with in all climates, it is more common in the tropics, and its occurrence has been repeatedly demonstrated in these localities to be dependent on the presence in the lymphatics of the filaria sanguinis hominis.
The filaria sanguinis hominis is a small worm of the nematode species, the adult form of which lives in the lymphatics, and either the adult or the prematurely discharged ova (Manson) block the lymph-channels, producing the conditions of hematochyluria, elephantiasis, and lymph-scrotum.
The Filaria Medinensis, locally called "Farantit," is no longer common at the place which gave it its European name.
They have also a peculiar form in some of the worms, such as the thread-worms (_filaria_); in this case they are sometimes amœboid and like very small ova (Fig.
The intimate pathology of the disease, and the subject of abscess caused by the death of the parent filaria, also receive further attention.