European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and Mexico having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender fruits that stick straight up; often grown for forage
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filaria::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | alfilaria, alfileria, clocks, erodium cicutarium, filaree, pin clover, pin grass, redstem storksbill |
| Type of | heron's bill, storksbill |
filaria::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | nematode, nematode worm, roundworm |
| Derivation | filarial |
Examples of filaria
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Manson was studying elephantiasis, a disease caused by the filaria worm that results in extreme swelling, usually of the ankles, feet, and genitals.
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Tiny filaria worms carried by mosquitoes block the lymph vessels that normally drain fluid from limbs or genitals, which then swell to grotesque proportions.
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When filaria worms in mice sense that the mouse is mounting a strong immune reaction, they change their life cycle, producing more offspring in the blood earlier.
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- Redstem storksbill: European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and Mexico having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender fruits that stick straight up; often grown for forage
- Slender threadlike roundworms living in the blood and tissues of vertebrates; transmitted as larvae by biting insects
- (filarial) related to or infested with or transmitting parasitic worms especially filaria
- Wuchereria bancrofti or Filaria, is a parasitic filarial nematode (roundworm) spread by a mosquito vector. It is one of the three parasites that cause lymphatic filariasis, an infection of the lymphatic system by filarial worms. ...
- A parasitic nematode worm that lives in the blood of vertebrates and is transmitted by insects: the cause of filariasis
