English > infestation: 2 senses > noun 1, state| Meaning | The state of being invaded or overrun by parasites. |
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| Narrower | Guinea worm disease, Guinea worm, dracunculiasis | 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 |
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| acariasis, acariosis, acaridiasis | 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) |
| enterobiasis | An infestation with or a resulting infection caused by the pinworm Enterobius vermicularis |
| fascioliasis, fasciolosis | infestation with the liver fluke Fasciola hepatica |
| fasciolopsiasis | infestation with the large intestinal fluke Fasciolopsis buski |
| 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 |
| opisthorchiasis | infestation with flukes obtained from eating raw fish |
| pediculosis, lousiness | infestation with lice (Pediculus humanus) resulting in severe itching |
| schistosomiasis, bilharzia, bilharziasis | An infestation with or a resulting infection caused by a parasite of the genus Schistosoma |
| trichinosis, trichiniasis, myositis trichinosa | infestation by trichina larvae that are transmitted by eating inadequately cooked meat (especially pork) |
| trichuriasis | infestation by a roundworm |
| trombiculiasis | infestation with chiggers |
| Broader | fullness | The condition of being filled to capacity |
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| Spanish | infestación, plaga |
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| Catalan | infestació, plaga |
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| Verbs | infest | invade in great numbers |
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| infest | occupy in large numbers or live on a host |
