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Noun: myiasis (myiases)  mI-u-sis
  1. Infestation of the body by the larvae of flies (usually through a wound or other opening) or any disease resulting from such infestation
    "The traveller contracted myiasis after an insect laid eggs in an open wound"

Derived forms: myiases

Type of: infestation

Encyclopedia: Myiasis