ˌman(t)səˈnelə noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Sir Patrick Manson died 1922 British physician and parasitologist + New Latin -ella
: a genus of filarial worms (family Dipetalonematidae) including one ( M. ozzardi ) that is common and apparently nonpathogenic in human visceral fat and mesenteries in So. and Central America