habronemiasis

English

Etymology

From Habronema +‎ -iasis.

Noun

habronemiasis (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) Infection by nematodes of the genus Habronema.
    • 2009, Norman Edward Robinson, Kim A. Sprayberry, Current Therapy in Equine Medicine, page 684:
      Mucocutaneous habronemiasis became much less common following widespread use of oral avermectin and anthelmintic compounds that kill the gastric nematodes whose larvae cause this cutaneous lesion.
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