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Brug's filariasis (medicine)


Brug's filariasis
Infection with filarial organism Brugia malayi, which causes adenitis, fever, lymphangitis, and sometimes elephantiasis; occurs primarily in southeast Asia, India, Indonesia, China, Japan, Korea, and the Philippines.


furciferous (iou)



furciferous adjective. rare (joc.). E19.
[from Latin furcifer fork-bearer, (with ref. to the 'fork' or yoke used to restrain criminals) rascal, jailbird: see -FEROUS.]
Rascally.