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/fɪˈlɛəɹɪəl/ · adjective
(medicine) Of or pertaining to the microscopic parasitic worms known as filaria, or an infestation thereof..
The knowledge of a filarial infection of the region of the eye seems to date from the time of Magellan.
From a cosmetic standpoint, the filarial diseases [...] were especially unfortunate.
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.
the filarial flight of birds
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Filarial means (medicine) Of or pertaining to the microscopic parasitic worms known as filaria, or an infestation thereof..
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The knowledge of a filarial infection of the region of the eye seems to date from the time of Magellan.
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