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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The infestation of a living vertebrate by maggots. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   infestation of the body by the larvae of flies (usually through a wound or other opening) or any disease resulting from such infestation wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

flystrike

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μυῖα (muîa, “fly”) + -iasis.

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