Taber's Medical Dictionary
filariasis
(fĭl-ă-rī′ă-sĭs )
[ filaria + -iasis ]
Parasitic infection with any of the slender worms of the genus Brugia or Wuchereria. Infection causes obstruction of lymphatics.
SEE: elephantiasis
Bancroft filariasis
SEE: Bancroft filariasis
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Filariasis." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/729426/all/filariasis.
Filariasis. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/729426/all/filariasis. Accessed April 7, 2026.
Filariasis. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/729426/all/filariasis
Filariasis [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 April 07]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/729426/all/filariasis.
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