Meanings
giardia1
alternative Giardia
- uncountableThe human intestinal parasite Giardia lamblia.
As soon as the immune system has generated antibodies against one coat, giardia switches to another.
2008 December 16, Nicholas Wade, “A Coat of Many Proteins May Be This Parasite’s Downfall”, in The New York Times, →ISSN1 more example
Some of those that have been found in swimming pools are viruses such as hepatitis A, bacteria such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which can produce severe ear ache, and the parasite giardia, which can cause a nasty stomach upset.
1999 July 13, Jacqui Wise, “Murky waters”, in The GuardianSynonyms: lamblia
- uncountablemedicineGiardiasis, the disease caused by the parasite.
Giardia2
- uncountableAlternative letter-case form of giardia.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe human intestinal parasite Giardia lamblia.
Origin
From the genus name Giardia.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 賈弟蟲 /贾弟虫
- 賈弟蟲 /贾弟虫 (jiǎdìchóng)human intestinal parasite
Finnish giardia
- giardiahuman intestinal parasite
French giardia intestinalis
- giardia intestinalishuman intestinal parasite
German Lamblie
- Lambliehuman intestinal parasite
Korean 지아디아
- 지아디아 (jiadia)human intestinal parasite
Portuguese giárdia
- giárdiahuman intestinal parasite
Turkish giyardiya
- giyardiyahuman intestinal parasite
Cite this entry
giardia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/giardia
“giardia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/giardia. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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