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FILARIAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Related to or infested with or transmitting parasitic worms especially filaria
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Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
filaria (slender threadlike roundworms living in the blood and tissues of vertebrates; transmitted as larvae by biting insects)
Derivation:
filaria (slender threadlike roundworms living in the blood and tissues of vertebrates; transmitted as larvae by biting insects)