OPISTHORCHIASIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does opisthorchiasis mean? 

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

1. infestation with flukes obtained from eating raw fish; common in eastern Asia

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• OPISTHORCHIASIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Infestation with flukes obtained from eating raw fish; common in eastern Asia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

infestation (the state of being invaded or overrun by parasites)