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| fi·lar·i·a [ fi lérree ə ] (plural fi·lar·i·ae [ fi lérree ] or fi·lar·i·a) |
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thin parasitic worm: a parasitic worm that is carried as a larva by biting insects and lives as an adult in the blood or tissues of vertebrates, causing filariasis. Family Filaridae.
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| [Mid-19th century. < modern Latin Filaria< Latin filum "thread"] |
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 fi·lar·i·al adjective |
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