GIARDIASIS


Meaning of GIARDIASIS in English

[ ˌdʒɪα:'dʌɪəsɪs ]

■ noun infection of the intestine with a flagellate protozoan.

Origin

early 20th cent.: from mod. L. Giardia (from the name of the French biologist Alfred M. Giard ) + -asis .

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