filaria

• ⇰ a small, slender nematode worm of the family <fam>Onchocercidae</fam> (<fam>Filariidae</fam>) of many species, parasitic when adult in various animals, including man. They may live within the blood, or in other bodily fluids, or within tissues or cavitie
• ⇰ a former genus comprised of certain nematodes, now classed as belonging to several genera within the family <fam>Onchocercidae</fam>. See Onchocerca> and Guinea worm>.