an intestinal infection in humans caused by pinworms
oxyuriasis in American English
(ˌɑksijuˈraiəsɪs)
noun
Pathology
human infection with pinworms
Word origin
[1905–10; ‹ NL Oxyur(is) genus name of pinworms (equiv. to oxy-oxy-1 + Gk our(á) tail + NL -is n. ending) + -iasis]This word is first recorded in the period 1905–10. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Expressionism, aspect ratio, one-shot, push-up, revolving door-iasis is a noun suffix occurring in loanwords from Greek. Other words that use the affix-iasis include: elephantiasis, leontiasis, loiasis, onchocerciasis, pityriasis
Examples of 'oxyuriasis' in a sentence
oxyuriasis
Also, the adhesive cellophane tape method was used to diagnose oxyuriasis.
Hossein Haratipour, Mohammad Bagher Sohrabi, Pouneh Zolfaghari, Ehsan Nezakati, ElaheYahyaei, Seddigheh Rezvani 2016, 'The Relationship between Malnutrition and Intestinal Parasitic Infections among PreschoolChildren in East Area of Iran', International Journal of Pediatricshttp://ijp.mums.ac.ir/article_6867_abfae43f2cc66b23be158ed0c745bf67.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
To evaluate the students' knowledge level of oxyuriasis, the standardized questionnaire was distributed and completed.
Rouhullah Dehghani, Hossein Hooshyar, Fatemeh Sadat Ghasemi, Narges Mohammadzadeh,Zahra Bakhtiyari, Manijeh Sepehri, Fatemeh Ghasemi 2017, 'Knowledge of girl students about oxyuriasis in middle schools of Kashan, Central Iran',International Archives of Health Scienceshttp://www.iahs.kaums.ac.ir/article.asp?issn=2383-2568;year=2017;volume=4;issue=4;spage=89;epage=92;aulast=Dehghani. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)