GIARDIA


Meaning of GIARDIA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ jē-ˈär-dē-ə, ˈjär- ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin, from Alfred M. Giard died 1908 French biologist

Date: 1918

: any of a genus ( Giardia ) of flagellate protozoans inhabiting the intestines of various mammals and including one ( G. lamblia syn. G. intestinalis) that is associated with diarrhea in humans

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