angiostrongyliasis
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A parasitic infection that can infect humans when they eat contaminated raw snails/slugs or unwashed produce and may cause eosinophilic meningitis.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "It is endemic to the Americas (from southern USA to northern Argentina in South America) and in humans causes abdominal or intestinal angiostrongyliasis, which mimics appendicitis with eosinophilia [5 ,6 ]."
Etymology
Angiostrongylus + -iasis
Word Breakdown
- Suffix: iasis