infestation

Noun
  1. The state of being invaded or overrun by parasites (synset 114476082)
    is a type of: fullness - the condition of being filled to capacity
    subtypes:
    • fascioliasis, fasciolosis - infestation with the liver fluke Fasciola hepatica; liver damage sometimes occurs; related to liver rot
    • fasciolopsiasis - infestation with the large intestinal fluke Fasciolopsis buski; common in eastern Asia
    • dracunculiasis, guinea worm, guinea worm disease - a painful and debilitating infestation contracted by drinking stagnant water contaminated with Guinea worm larvae that can mature inside a human's abdomen until the worm emerges through a painful blister in the person's skin
    • enterobiasis - an infestation with or a resulting infection caused by the pinworm Enterobius vermicularis; occurs especially in children
    • bilharzia, bilharziasis, schistosomiasis - an infestation with or a resulting infection caused by a parasite of the genus Schistosoma; common in the tropics and Far East; symptoms depend on the part of the body infected
    • myositis trichinosa, trichiniasis, trichinosis - infestation by trichina larvae that are transmitted by eating inadequately cooked meat (especially pork); larvae migrate from the intestinal tract to the muscles where they become encysted
    • acariasis, acaridiasis, acariosis - infestation with itch mites
    • ascariasis - infestation of the human intestine with Ascaris roundworms
    • coccidiosis - (veterinary medicine) infestation with coccidia
    • echinococcosis, hydatid disease, hydatidosis - infestation with larval echinococci (tapeworms)
    • helminthiasis - infestation of the body with parasitic worms
    • myiasis - infestation of the body by the larvae of flies (usually through a wound or other opening) or any disease resulting from such infestation
    • onchocerciasis, river blindness - infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
    • opisthorchiasis - infestation with flukes obtained from eating raw fish; common in eastern Asia
    • lousiness, pediculosis - infestation with lice (Pediculus humanus) resulting in severe itching
    • trombiculiasis - infestation with chiggers
    • trichuriasis - infestation by a roundworm; common in tropical areas with poor sanitation
  2. A swarm of insects that attack plants (synset 108012854)
    "a plague of grasshoppers"
    is a type of: cloud, swarm - a group of many things in the air or on the ground
    same as: plague

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