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giardiasis, n. Med.|dʒɪɑːˈdaɪəsɪs|
[f. *giardia n. + -iasis.]
Infection of the gut with the flagellate protozoan Giardia lamblia, often causing diarrhoea, flatulence, and other symptoms of malabsorption.
1919Jrnl. Med. Res. XXXIX. 295 Our results with arsenobenzol on giardiasis in culture rats are..confirmatory of the Russian authors' conclusion. 1929Thomson & Robertson Protozool. xxviii. 184 The contention that intestinal flagellosis, especially Giardiasis, is an abnormal condition. 1965Bull. Calcutta School Trop. Med. XIII. 65/2 Giardiasis often produces gastroduodenal symptoms and the parasites are demonstrable in the duodenal juice. 1980Outdoor Life (U.S.) (Northeast ed.) Oct. 32/1 Wildlife correspondent Scott W. Skinner reports that giardiasis is one of the most prevalent wildlife diseases. 1987Oxf. Textbk. Med. (ed. 2) I. v. 512/2 In North America epidemics of giardiasis have occurred because of defective water-treatment plants... Person-to-person spread occurs among young children before they are toilet trained. |