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MYIASIS (myiases)
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Irregular inflected form: myiases
Dictionary entry overview: What does myiasis mean?
• MYIASIS (noun)
The noun MYIASIS has 1 sense:
1. infestation of the body by the larvae of flies (usually through a wound or other opening) or any disease resulting from such infestation
Familiarity information: MYIASIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Infestation of the body by the larvae of flies (usually through a wound or other opening) or any disease resulting from such infestation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("myiasis" is a kind of...):
infestation (the state of being invaded or overrun by parasites)
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