FASCIOLIASIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fascioliasis mean? 

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

1. infestation with the liver fluke Fasciola hepatica; liver damage sometimes occurs; related to liver rot

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FASCIOLIASIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Infestation with the liver fluke Fasciola hepatica; liver damage sometimes occurs; related to liver rot

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

fascioliasis; fasciolosis

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

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

 Context examples 

Hexachloroethane was used as an anthelmintic to treat fascioliasis in cattle and sheep, in refining aluminum alloys, in smoke bombs and pyrotechnic and as a degassing agent and polymer additive.

(Hexachloroethane, NCI Thesaurus)