MYIASIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: myiases   

 I. (noun) 

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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