Parasitosis

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Infestation with parasites. countable, uncountable

    "The term delusions of parasitosis was coined by Wilson and Miller (1946) dispelling earlier use of the word acarophobia (Thibierge 1894), entomophobia, and parasitophobia."

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"The term delusions of parasitosis was coined by Wilson and Miller (1946) dispelling earlier use of the word acarophobia (Thibierge 1894), entomophobia, and parasitophobia."

Etymology

From parasite + -osis.

Related phrases

delusional parasitosis

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