Crossword-Solution: FILARIASIS
We have 4 clues for the answer “FILARIASIS”
| Clue | Answers |
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| DISEASE group caused by nematode worms transmitted by insect bites | 1 answer |
| INFECTION causing blockage of the lymphatic vessels | 1 answer |
| LYMPHATIC vessels, infection causing blockage of the | 1 answer |
| onchocerciasis | 1 answer |
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Dermatological complaint
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
AZMCEE
Hint 3 another clue
eruption
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Sentences with FILARIASIS (5)
CHAPTER XIX THE SAPUTANS--HOW THE EARS OF THE CHIEF WERE PIERCED--AN UNEXPECTED ATTACK OF FILARIASIS--DEPARTURE FROM THE SAPUTANS--DOWN THE KASAO RIVER-- "TOBOGGANING" THE KIHAMS The Penyahbongs, men of the jungle, who left us to return home, had not proved such good workers as the Saputans, who, though in a pronounced degree smaller, mostly below medium size, are very strongly built.
ARTHROPODS AS INTERMEDIATE HOSTS OF NEMATODE WORMS FILARIASIS AND MOSQUITOES--A number of species of Nematode worms belonging to the genus _Filaria_, infest man and other vertebrates and in the larval condition are to be found in the blood.
The inspection at San Francisco sometimes calls for lancing of the ear at night to see if the patient is suffering from filariasis, and at Hongkong and sometimes at San Francisco the immigrant is required to disrobe, bathe and have his effects fumigated.
The thickenings due to leprosy and those connected with filariasis were separated clinically by observers during the 17th and 18th centuries, Hilary, in 1750, having accurately described the progress of that form of elephantiasis connected with elephantoid fever and lymphangitis.
LIFE HISTORY It is a well-known fact that filarial embryos may be present at night in the peripheral blood of persons not showing a single symptom of filariasis and again, in those with marked elephantiasis, varicose groin glands or chyluria there may be an entire and permanent absence of embryos in the blood.
Quotes with FILARIASIS (1)
In addition to pain, disability, and disfigurement, lymphatic filariasis carries a heavy social cost. Those disfigured by the disease are often shunned. Women are often rejected by their families. Both men and women can have difficulty finding jobs.