giardia

giardia

See also: Giardia

English

Alternative forms

• Giardia

Etymology

From the genus name Giardia.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈɑɹdiə/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈɑːdɪə/

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• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɑɹ.di.ə/

Noun

giardia (uncountable)

1. The human intestinal parasite Giardia lamblia.

   Synonym: lamblia

   • 1999 July 13, Jacqui Wise, “Murky waters”, in The Guardian‎:

     Some of those that have been found in swimming pools are viruses such as hepatitis A, bacteria such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which can produce severe ear ache, and the parasite giardia, which can cause a nasty stomach upset.

   • 2008 December 16, Nicholas Wade, “A Coat of Many Proteins May Be This Parasite’s Downfall”, in The New York Times‎, ISSN 0362-4331:

     As soon as the immune system has generated antibodies against one coat, giardia switches to another.

2. (pathology) Giardiasis, the disease caused by the parasite.

Derived terms

• giardiasis

Translations

human intestinal parasite

Chinese: Mandarin: 賈弟蟲／贾弟虫 (jiǎdìchóng) Finnish: giardia French: giardia intestinalis m German: Lamblie f Korean: 지아디아 (jiadia) Portuguese: giárdia (pt) f Turkish: giyardiya

giardiasis — see giardiasis

Further reading

• giardia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• giardia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin giardia.

Noun

giardia f (uncountable)

1. giardia

Declension

declension of giardia (singular only)

	singular
f gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) giardia	[[{{{def}}}#Romanian|{{{def}}}]]
genitive/dative	(unei) [[{{{pl}}}#Romanian|{{{pl}}}]]	[[{{{pl}}}i#Romanian|{{{pl}}}i]]
vocative