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ENTEROBIASIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An infestation with or a resulting infection caused by the pinworm Enterobius vermicularis; occurs especially in children
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("enterobiasis" is a kind of...):
infection (the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms)
infestation (the state of being invaded or overrun by parasites)
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