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filarial en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /fɪˈlɛəɹɪəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From filaria + -al.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to the microscopic parasitic worms known as filaria, or an infestation thereof.
    • From a cosmetic standpoint, the filarial diseases [...] were especially unfortunate. 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 297:
    • The knowledge of a filarial infection of the region of the eye seems to date from the time of Magellan. 1914, Edward Rhodes Stitt, The Diagnostics and Treatment of Tropical Diseases, page 266:
    • Other helminths or wormlike fellow travellers became common in the human gut, including the Enterobius (pinworm or threadworm), the yards-long tapeworm, and the filarial worms which cause elephantiasis and African river blindness. 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 18:
  2. (not-comparable) Straight, as if in a line.
    • the filarial flight of birds

Deriveds

microfilarial · nonfilarial · antifilarial · macrofilarial

Translations (4)

es filarial (of or pertaining to filaria) · fr filarial (of or pertaining to filaria) · it filariale (of or pertaining to filaria) · pt filarial (of or pertaining to filaria)