strongylosis

strongylosis
/stron'jeuh loh"sis/, n. Vet. Pathol.
a disease, esp. of horses, caused by an infestation by strongyles and characterized in serious cases by weakness and anemia.
[1910-15; < NL, equiv. to Strongyl(us) STRONGYLE + -osis -OSIS]

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