FILARIA

(Lat.), n. f. FiUfel)-a(a)'ri*-a. From filum, a thread. Fr., filaire. Ger., F. It., Sp., /. 1. Of Muller, a genus of the Filandoe; of Rudolph!, a genus of the Nema to idea. 2. In botany, the genus Phillyrea. The Filariadce, or Filaridae (Fr., filariens), are a parasitic order or family of the Ncmatoda, characterized by a filiform body, smooth or transversely striated, a round or triangular mouth, surrounded by papilla?, a head continuous with the body, and an anus terminable or nearly so. [B, 121 (o, 24); L, 16, 27.] F. segyptiaca [Sonsino]. See BILHARZIA hcematobia. T. Bancroft!. See F. med in ens is. f. bronchial is [Rudophi]. Fr., filaire bronchial. A species about 27 mm. long, of a dark-brown color spotted with white, and having a semi-transparent posterior end; found in the enlarged bronchial glands of a patient dead of phthisis. [A, 319 (o, 21); L, 840.f F. conjunctiva;. Fr., filaire sous-conjoiictirale (ou de row). Ger.. Fadenicurm des Augapfels. A species found under the conjunctiva? of negroes in Africa, and po ibly in America. It is about 30 mm. in length, and of the diameter of a small violin-string. It resembles a varicose vein, and sometimes causes intense pain. [F: T. G. Morton, "Am. Jour, of the Med. Sci.." Ixxiv. 1877, p. 118; R. Blanchard, "Prog, med.," July 17, 1886, p. 591; L, 17, 840.] F. cystic a. The sexually immature Eustrongylus gigas. [L, 24.] F. derma the mica fO'Neile]. A species probably identical with F. me dint us is. \G.] F. Dltlscl marglnalls. See GORDIUS aquatic us. F. dracuiiculiis. See F. med in ens is.. equl [Gmelin]. See F. papilloRa.E. Evanxl. A species discovered In the camel by Griffith Evans; the brood in the general circulation, and the parental form in the ve els of the lungs and mesentery. The embryonal form is indistinguishable from that of the f. sanguinis hominis. but the mature form differs from the human parasite in size and structure. ["Indian Med. Gaz.." April, 1882.] F. (irylli. See GORDIVS iii/unticuit.-V. hominis bronchial i-. See /'. bronchial is. F. tiomliilH orix. A species found in the mouth of a child; probably accidental, and an immature form of some known species. |L, 24.1 F. ImmltlH. Vr.. lilitin lu'nititii/ite. A viviparous species found frequently in the ritrlit ventricle of the dogs of eastern Asia. It nation into the blood, where its development is arrested. |B. 206 (a, 27); L, 17.] F. lahlnlU. A thread-like, cylindrical species 30 mm. long, with four papilla; surrounding the mouth in a cruE, he; E', ell; O, go: 1, die; 1", In; N, in; N1, tank: [s. 56]