GIARDIASIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does giardiasis mean? 

• GIARDIASIS (noun)
  The noun GIARDIASIS has 1 sense:

1. infection of the intestines with protozoa found in contaminated food and water; characterized by diarrhea and nausea and flatulence and abdominal discomfort

  Familiarity information: GIARDIASIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GIARDIASIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Infection of the intestines with protozoa found in contaminated food and water; characterized by diarrhea and nausea and flatulence and abdominal discomfort

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("giardiasis" is a kind of...):

protozoal infection (any infection caused by a protozoan)

 Context examples 

Giardiasis is an illness caused by a parasite called Giardia intestinalis.

(Giardia Infections, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

A genus of parasitic protozoa that is the cause of giardiasis.

(Giardia, NCI Thesaurus)