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蝿蛆症 (ようそしょう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

蝿よう蛆そ症しょう

Meanings

1

noun

myiasis

medicine

Medical term for infestation of living tissue by fly larvae (maggots).

蝿よう蛆そ症しょうは、ハエの幼よう虫ちゅうが生せい体たい組そ織しきに寄き生せいする疾しっ患かんです。
Myiasis is a disease in which fly larvae infest living tissue.

Kanji

蝿fly
蛆worm, grub, maggot
症symptoms, illness

Etymology

Composed of 蝿 (fly), 蛆 (maggot), and 症 (disease/condition). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with the medical meaning.