Taber's Medical Dictionary
Filaria
(fĭ-lar′ē-ă )
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The former name for a genus of nematodes belonging to the superfamily Filarioidea.
SEE: filaria
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Filaria." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/732006/all/Filaria_sanguinis_hominis.
Filaria. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/732006/all/Filaria_sanguinis_hominis. Accessed April 21, 2026.
Filaria. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/732006/all/Filaria_sanguinis_hominis
Filaria [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 April 21]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/732006/all/Filaria_sanguinis_hominis.
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