Taber's Medical Dictionary
filariasis
(fĭl-ă-rī′ă-sĭs)
[filaria + -iasis]
Parasitic infection with any of the slender worms of the genus Brugia or Wuchereria. Infection causes obstruction of lymphatics.
SEE: elephantiasis
Bancroft filariasis
SEE: Bancroft filariasis
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Filariasis. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/729426/all/filariasis. Accessed February 27, 2021.
Filariasis. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th edition). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/729426/all/filariasis
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