ALL meanings of filaria
fi·lar·i·a
F f - noun plural filaria any small, threadlike roundworm of the family Filariidae and related families, carried as a larva by mosquitoes and parasitic when adult in the blood or tissues of vertebrates. 1
- noun filaria A threadlike parasitic nematode worm transmitted by biting flies and mosquitoes, causing filariasis and related diseases. 1
- noun filaria Any of the parasitic nematode worms of Filarioidea superfamily that live in the blood of vertebrates and is transmitted by insects: the cause of filariasis. 0
- noun filaria any parasitic nematode worm of the family Filariidae, living in the blood and tissues of vertebrates and transmitted by insects: the cause of filariasis 0
- noun filaria any of a superfamily (Filarioidea) of threadlike, parasitic nematode worms that live in the blood and tissues of vertebrate animals: they are carried and transmitted by mosquitoes and other invertebrates 0