nosema

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noun

An infectious disease of adult honey bees caused by some microsporidian parasites of the genus Nosema.

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Meanings

nounnosema (uncountable)
  1. Nosema disease:
    1. uncountablemedicineAn infectious disease of adult honey bees caused by some microsporidian parasites of the genus Nosema.

      There were problems in my dad’s day: ants, skunks, wax moths and a couple of deadly but well-known bee diseases, like foulbrood and nosema.

      2007 February 22, Verlyn Klinkenborg, “Keeping Bees Among Us”, in New York Times
    2. datedpossiblyuncountablemedicinePébrine, a disease of silkworms, also caused by Nosema parasites.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
nosemosis

Origin

  1. translingualNosema“a taxonomic genus within the family Nosematidae”
  2. Englishnosema

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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APA

nosema. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nosema

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“nosema.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nosema. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nosema,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nosema.

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