English Explanatory Dictionary

Nosema disease

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of nosema disease (“infectious disease of some insects caused by some microsporidian parasites”).
noun
  1. An infectious disease of some insects caused by some microsporidian parasites of the genus Nosema.
  2. An infectious disease of adult honey bees caused by microsporidian parasites, such as Nosema apis and Nosema ceranae.

Word forms

Nosema disease Nosema diseases Nosema-disease

Etymology

1909, translingual Nosema (“a taxonomic genus within the family Nosematidae”) + disease; a calque of German Nosemaseuche, coined from Nosema + Seuche (“epidemic, pestilence”).

Synonyms

microsporidiosis nosemosis Isle of Wight disease
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