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oxyuriasis

[ok-see-yoo-rahy-uh-sis]

noun

Pathology.
  1. human infection with pinworms.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of oxyuriasis1

1905–10; < New Latin Oxyur ( is ) genus name of pinworms (equivalent to oxy- oxy- 1 + Greek our ( á ) tail + New Latin -is noun ending) + -iasis

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