Etymology

nosema

no·se·ma
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Today it means: An infectious disease of adult honey bees caused by some microsporidian parasites of the genus Nosema. Full definition →

translingual Nosema
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  1. translingual · derived fromNosema“a taxonomic genus within the family Nosematidae”
  2. English todaynosema

From nosema disease or directly from translingual Nosema (“a taxonomic genus within the family Nosematidae”), from Latin nosema, from Ancient Greek νόσημᾰ (nósēmă, “disease, sickness, plague, affliction”).

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nosema disease

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