English

Adjective

filarial ‎(not comparable)

1. (medicine) Of or pertaining to the microscopic parasitic worms known as filaria, or an infestation thereof.
   • 1914, Edward Rhodes Stitt, The Diagnostics and Treatment of Tropical Diseases , page 266:

     The knowledge of a filarial infection of the region of the eye seems to date from the time of Magellan.

   • 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 297:

     From a cosmetic standpoint, the filarial diseases [...]. were especially unfortunate.

2. Straight, as if in a line.

   the filarial flight of birds‎

Derived terms

• microfilarial

Translations

Portuguese

Adjective

filarial m, f ‎(plural filariais, comparable)

1. (medicine) filarial (pertaining to filaria)