FILARIAL

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

Related to or infested with or transmitting parasitic worms especially filaria

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Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

filaria (slender threadlike roundworms living in the blood and tissues of vertebrates; transmitted as larvae by biting insects)

Derivation:

filaria (slender threadlike roundworms living in the blood and tissues of vertebrates; transmitted as larvae by biting insects)

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