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ASCARIASIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ascariasis mean?
• ASCARIASIS (noun)
The noun ASCARIASIS has 1 sense:
1. infestation of the human intestine with Ascaris roundworms
Familiarity information: ASCARIASIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Infestation of the human intestine with Ascaris roundworms
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("ascariasis" is a kind of...):
infestation (the state of being invaded or overrun by parasites)
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