Etymology

nosema disease

Today it means: An infectious disease of some insects caused by some microsporidian parasites of the genus Nosema. Full definition →

translingual Nosema ← German Nosemaseuche
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  1. German · calque ofNosemaseuche
  2. translingual · derived fromNosema“a taxonomic genus within the family Nosematidae”
  3. English todaynosema disease

1909, translingual Nosema (“a taxonomic genus within the family Nosematidae”) + disease; a calque of German Nosemaseuche, coined from Nosema + Seuche (“epidemic, pestilence”).

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