Giardia

See also: giardia

Translingual

Giardia lamblia.

Etymology

Named in honor of Alfred Mathieu Giard (1846-1908), a French biologist.

Proper noun

Giardia f

A taxonomic genus within the family Hexamitidae – freshwater diplomonad flagellates.

Hypernyms

(family): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Protozoa - kingdom; Eozoa - subkingdom; Excavata - infrakingdom; Metamonada - phylum; Eopharyngea - class; Diplomonadida - order; Hexamitidae - family

Hyponyms

(genus): For species see Giardia#Systematics on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading

Giardia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Giardia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Giardia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Giardia at the Tree of Life Web Project

English

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): dʒiˈɑɹdiɑ

Noun

Giardia (uncountable)

The human intestinal parasite Giardia lamblia.
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: please add this translation if you can
Korean: 지아디아 (jiadia)
Portuguese: please add this translation if you can

giardiasis — see giardiasis

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