myiasis
Noun: 1. Infestation by fly larvae: A medical condition characterized by the infestation of living vertebrate tissue (human or animal) by the larvae (maggots) of certain fly species. This typically occurs through an open wound, sore, or bodily orifice. 2. Disease from infestation: Any pathological condition or disease resulting from such an infestation.
Myiasis is a medical and veterinary term. It is used to describe a parasitic infection. The word is typically used in clinical, scientific, or formal descriptive contexts.
- The veterinarian diagnosed the stray dog with myiasis after finding fly larvae in its untreated wound.
- Cutaneous myiasis is a form where the larvae infest the skin.
- The medical journal published a case study on nasal myiasis.
- Types of Myiasis: The term is often modified by an adjective specifying the affected site or nature of the infestation.
- Cutaneous myiasis: Infestation of the skin.
- Ophthalmic myiasis: Infestation of the eye.
- Intestinal myiasis: Infestation of the gastrointestinal tract (often from ingesting contaminated food).
- Accidental myiasis: Occurs when larvae are ingested and pass through the gut without causing tissue invasion.
- Obligatory myiasis: Caused by fly species whose larvae must develop within a living host.
- Maggot infestation: A more common, non-technical term for the condition.
- Flystrike: A term commonly used in veterinary medicine, especially for sheep.
- Maggot infestation
- Fly-blown condition (specifically for initial egg deposition)
- Larval infestation
The core meaning is specifically an infestation by fly larvae. It is distinct from other parasitic infections caused by worms (helminths) or other insects. The severity can range from benign (where larvae consume only dead tissue) to severe and disfiguring.
- infestation of the body by the larvae of flies (usually through a wound or other opening) or any disease resulting from such infestation