strongyloidiasis

noun

stron·gy·loi·di·a·sis ˌsträn-jə-ˌlȯi-ˈdī-ə-səs

variants or less commonly strongyloidosis

ˌsträn-jə-ˌlȯi-ˈdō-səs

: infestation with or disease caused by any of a genus (Strongyloides) of strongyles that parasitize especially the intestines of vertebrates including humans

Examples of strongyloidiasis in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The types of infections often seen in Texas and Gulf Coast areas include extrapulmonary and latent tuberculosis, strongyloidiasis, Chagas disease, and schistosomiasis. —

Joshua Cohen, Forbes, 17 Feb. 2023 Doctors have prescribed ivermectin for humans to treat parasitic worm diseases like intestinal strongyloidiasis and onchocerciasis. —

Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2021 Ivermectin has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration to treat river blindness, intestinal strongyloidiasis, head lice and rosacea in humans. —

Li Cohen, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2021

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Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Strongyloides, genus name, from Strongylus

First Known Use

1905, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler

The first known use of strongyloidiasis was in 1905

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