giardiasis
/d͡ʒɑː(ɹ)ˈdaɪəsɪs/noun
giardiasis is a noun meaning “An infectious diarrheal disease in humans and mammals caused by the Giardia duodenalis parasite” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled G-I-A-R-D-I-A-S-I-S, and it appears about once in every 35 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of giardiasis is giardiases.
What does giardiasis mean?
noun
- 1
An infectious diarrheal disease in humans and mammals caused by the Giardia duodenalis parasite.
- 2
Any disease in animals caused by parasites of the genus Giardia.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce giardiasis?
- /d͡ʒɑː(ɹ)ˈdaɪəsɪs/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of giardiasis
- giardiases plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is giardiasis?
Giardiasis appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 182,517th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Giardiasis in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense disease:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | giardiase |
| German | Giardiasis, Lamblienruhr, Lambliasis |
| Portuguese | giardíase |
| Spanish | giardiasis |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does giardiasis come from?
From giardia + -iasis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).