"myiasis" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /maɪ.ˈaɪ.ə.sɪs/ Forms: myiases [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek μυῖα (muîa, “fly”) + -iasis. Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|μυῖα||fly}} Ancient Greek μυῖα (muîa, “fly”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~|myiases}} myiasis (countable and uncountable, plural myiases)
  1. (medicine) The infestation of a living vertebrate by maggots. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Infestations, Medicine Synonyms: flystrike Derived forms: ophthalmomyiasis, pseudomyiasis Related terms: myiatic, myiasitic Translations (infestation of a living vertebrate with maggots): 蠅蛆症 (Chinese Mandarin), 蝇蛆症 (Chinese Mandarin), myiase [feminine] (French), Myiasis [feminine] (German), 승저증 (seungjeojeung) (Korean), miíase [feminine] (Portuguese), miază [feminine] (Romanian), miasis [masculine] (Spanish), miyaz (Turkish)

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