English

Noun

Nosema disease ‎(usually uncountable, plural Nosema diseases)

1. Alternative letter-case form of nosema disease ‎(“infectious disease of some insects caused by some microsporidian parasites”)
   • For usage examples of this term, see Citations:Nosema disease.

English

Alternative forms

• Nosema-disease, Nosema disease

Noun

nosema disease ‎(usually uncountable, plural nosema diseases) (insect pathology)

1. An infectious disease of some insects caused by some microsporidian parasites of the genus Nosema.
2. (honey bees) An infectious disease of adult honey bees caused by microsporidian parasites, such as Nosema apis and Nosema ceranae.
   • 1949, Steinhaus, Edward A., Principles of insect pathology, New York: McGraw-Hill, OCLC 610468683, page 602:

     Nosema Disease of the Honeybee¶ (Microsporidiosis, or Nosemosis, of the Honeybee)¶ Nosema disease of the honeybee, Apis mellifera Linn., is caused by Nosema apis Zander, a microsporidian parasite of the intestinal epithelium of adult bees.

   • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:nosema disease.

Synonyms

• (disease of insects): microsporidiosis, nosemosis
• (disease of honey bees): Isle of Wight disease, nosemosis

Translations

References

1. ↑ Alois Alfonsus; F. Oreiner, translator (25 August 1909), “Animal parasites as a cause of bee diseases: Dr. Zander discovers a cause for a disease of mature bees”, in Gleanings in Bee Culture, volume 37, issue 21, Medina, Oh.: A. I. Root, ISSN 0017-114X, published 1 November 1909, pages 665–666.
2. ↑ Gershom F. White (12 June 1919), “Nosema-disease”, in Bulletin of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, issue 780, Washington, D.C.: United States Department of Agriculture, OCLC 778445214, page 3.